Where does “affondatoio” come from?

affondatoio (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 — that.

affondatoio (Italian): A device that allows an anchor to be lowered very...

Definitions

  1. A device that allows an anchor to be lowered very...

Ancestry of “affondatoio”, step by step

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