Where does “affittamento” come from?

affittamento (Italian) comes from Italian affittare, from Medieval Latin afficto, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

affittamento (Italian): lease

Definitions

  1. lease

Ancestry of “affittamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffittareto rent out, to let, to hire out something
2Medieval Latinaffictodative masculine singular of affictus; dative...
3Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
4Latinfīgere—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- →Every word from Latin fīgere →Every word from Latin fictus →