Where does “alloccaggine” come from?
alloccaggine (Italian) comes from Italian allocco, from Latin ulucus, from Latin ulula, from Proto-Indo-European up- — to call, to cry, to yell.
alloccaggine (Italian): Synonym of balordaggine
Ancestry of “alloccaggine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | allocco | tawny owl or brown owl; sucker, chump |
| 2 | Latin | ulucus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ulula | screech owl , tawny owl; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | up- | to call, to cry, to yell |