Where does “accattoneria” come from?
accattoneria (Italian) comes from Italian accatto, from Italian accattare, from Vulgar Latin accattare, from Latin cattare, from Latin captāre, from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
accattoneria (Italian): begging
Ancestry of “accattoneria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | accatto | begging; alms; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | accattare | to beg; to beg for; to go looking for |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | accattare | — |
| 4 | Latin | cattare | — |
| 5 | Latin | captāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | capere | present active infinitive of capiō; second-person... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |