Where does “abbracciamento” come from?
abbracciamento (Italian) comes from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
abbracciamento (Italian): An extended hug or embrace; clinging; choice of a...
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- An extended hug or embrace; clinging; choice of a...
Ancestry of “abbracciamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | abbracciare | to embrace someone or something; to hug |
| 2 | Spanish | abrazar | to hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,... |
| 3 | Spanish | abracar | to hug, to embrace |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | adbracchiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |