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Where does “affissare” come from?

affissare (Italian) comes from Italian affisso, from Latin affixus, from Latin affigo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

affissare (Italian): To stare; To concentrate

Definitions

  1. To stare; To concentrate

Ancestry of “affissare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffisso—
2Latinaffixusattached
3LatinaffigoI fix or fasten on to; I affix or attach; I...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affissare”

  • affissamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →