Where does “fanfaroni” come from?
fanfaroni (Esperanto) comes from French fanfaronner, from Spanish fanfarronear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti.
fanfaroni (Esperanto): to brag, boast
Ancestry of “fanfaroni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fanfaronner | to boast, swagger |
| 2 | Spanish | fanfarronear | to brag, boast |
| 3 | Spanish | -ear | forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some... |
| 4 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -id- | — |