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Where does “affaccendare” come from?

affaccendare (Italian) comes from Italian faccenda, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

affaccendare (Italian): To occupy, to keep someone busy, to be engaged in...

Definitions

  1. To occupy, to keep someone busy, to be engaged in...

Ancestry of “affaccendare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfaccendatask, labour; issue, matter, affair, business,...
2Latinfaciendanominative feminine singular of faciendus;...
3Latinfacienduswhich is to be done or made
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “affaccendare”

  • affaccendamento
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