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Where does “abbandonismo” come from?

abbandonismo (Italian) comes from Italian abbandono, from Italian abbandonare, from Old French abandoner, from Old French bandon, from Latin bannum, from Frankish ban, from Proto-Germanic bannaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

abbandonismo (Italian): passive defeatism

Definitions

  1. passive defeatism

Ancestry of “abbandonismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianabbandonoabandonment; desertion; A funeral custom wherein...
2Italianabbandonareto abandon; to give up on, to abandon; to give...
3Old Frenchabandonerto abandon
4Old Frenchbandonjurisdiction
5LatinbannumAlternative form of bannus; accusative singular...
6Frankishban—
7Proto-Germanicbannanąto proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—
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