Where does “accolitato” come from?
accolitato (Italian) comes from Italian accolito, from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
accolitato (Italian): acolyteship
Ancestry of “accolitato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | accolito | acolyte |
| 2 | Late Latin | acolythus | acolyte |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀκόλουθος | following, attending |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |