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Where does “-accia” come from?

-accia (Italian) comes from Latin -aceum, from Latin -aceus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-accia (Italian): Pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and...

Definitions

  1. Pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and...

Ancestry of “-accia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-aceumnominative neuter singular of -āceus; accusative...
2Latin-aceus-aceous; resembling, having the nature of,...
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-accia”

  • populace
  • catenaccio
  • andazzo
  • -azzo
  • strofinaccio
  • faticaccia
  • erbaccia
  • -accia
  • fattaccio
  • pasticciaccio
  • malaccio
  • votaccio
  • avaraccio
  • sfilacciare
  • filaccio
  • alzataccia
  • squadraccia
  • colpaccio
  • tavolaccio
  • finocchiaccio
  • maschiaccio
  • culaccio
  • cartaccia
  • cipollaccio
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