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Where does “abbacchiare” come from?

abbacchiare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin abbaclare, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abbacchiare (Italian): to beat down with a pole fruit from a tree

Definitions

  1. to beat down with a pole fruit from a tree

Ancestry of “abbacchiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinabbaclare—
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abbacchiare”

  • abbacchio
  • abbacchiaro
  • abbacchiatore
  • abbacchiamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →