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Where does “affondarsi” come from?

affondarsi (Italian) comes from Italian affondare, from Vulgar Latin affundare, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

affondarsi (Italian): reflexive of affondare: to sink oneself; to sink,...

Definitions

  1. reflexive of affondare: to sink oneself; to sink,...

Ancestry of “affondarsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffondareto sink; to sink, to dig, to plunge; To deepen by...
2Vulgar Latinaffundaresecond-person singular present passive...
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “affondarsi”

  • autoaffondarsi
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