Where does “affogarsi” come from?
affogarsi (Italian) comes from Italian affogare, from Catalan afogar, from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
affogarsi (Italian): to drown (die by drowning)
Definitions
- to drown (die by drowning)
Ancestry of “affogarsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | affogare | to drown; to extinguish, to put out; to oppress,... |
| 2 | Catalan | afogar | to set on fire |
| 3 | Catalan | a- | a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |