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

affissare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian affisso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffissonotice
2Latinaffixusattached
3LatinaffigoI fix or fasten on to; I affix or attach; I...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Late Latin affixo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinaffixo

Words derived from “affissare

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