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Where does “almanaccare” come from?

almanaccare (Italian) comes from Italian almanacco, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

almanaccare (Italian): to daydream; to puzzle or muse

Definitions

  1. to daydream; to puzzle or muse

Ancestry of “almanaccare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalmanaccoalmanac; first-person singular present indicative...
2Medieval Latinalmanachuscalendar
3Andalusian Arabicالْمَنَاخcalendar; almanac, calendar
4Arabicمناخclimate
5Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
6PersianیاAPI •; or; either
7Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “almanaccare”

  • almanaccamento
  • almanaccatore
  • almanacchista
  • almanaccone
  • almanacco
  • almanaccare
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