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Where does “accostatura” come from?

accostatura (Italian) comes from Italian accostare, from Medieval Latin accostāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

accostatura (Italian): approaching; fitting, joining; joint, junction

Definitions

  1. approaching; fitting, joining; joint, junction

Ancestry of “accostatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaccostareto approach; to match
2Medieval Latinaccostāre—
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—
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