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Where does “accatto” come from?

accatto (Italian) comes from Italian accattare, from Vulgar Latin accattare, from Latin cattare, from Latin captāre, from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

accatto (Italian): begging; alms; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. begging; alms; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “accatto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaccattareto beg; to beg for; to go looking for
2Vulgar Latinaccattare—
3Latincattare—
4Latincaptāre—
5Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...
6Proto-Italickapiōtake
7Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “accatto”

  • accattoneria
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →