Where does “Ammazzalorso” come from?

Ammazzalorso (Italian) comes from Italian ammazzare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des, from Old French de — to give.

Ancestry of “Ammazzalorso”, step by step

Ammazzalorso traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian ammazzare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianammazzareto kill, murder
2Italiana-ad-; a-
3Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
4Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
5Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
6Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdes
8Old Frenchdeof; from
9Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
10Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
11Latindāre
12Proto-Italicdidōgive
13Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
14Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Italian lo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianloThe form of il that is used before the so-called...
2Vulgar Latinilluthe
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Italian orso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianorso"Feminine:" orsa; bear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-