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Where does “Getto” come from?

Getto (German) comes from Italian ghetto, from Italian borghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.

Getto (German): ghetto

Definitions

  1. ghetto

Ancestry of “Getto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianghettoghetto
2Italianborghettohamlet; shanty town
3Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
4English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
5Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
6Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “Getto”

  • gettó
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →