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Where does “adescante” come from?

adescante (Italian) comes from Italian adescare, from Latin adescare, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

adescante (Italian): present participle of adescare; priming, that...

Definitions

  1. present participle of adescare; priming, that...

Ancestry of “adescante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianadescareto lure, entice, hook; to prime; to strike
2Latinadescarepresent active infinitive of adēscō;...
3Latinēsca—
4Latinedō—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “adescante”

  • autoadescante
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