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Where does “groteskisti” come from?

groteskisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish groteski, from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

groteskisti (Finnish): grotesquely

Definitions

  1. grotesquely

Ancestry of “groteskisti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgroteskigrotesque; antic
2Italiangrottescogrotesque
3Italian-escoForms adjectives that indicate relationship,...
4Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolō—
8Latinquelō—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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