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Where does “ammuffimento” come from?

ammuffimento (Italian) comes from Italian ammuffire, from Italian ire, from Latin ire, from Latin eo, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ammuffimento (Italian): The process of growing mouldy

Definitions

  1. The process of growing mouldy

Ancestry of “ammuffimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianammuffireto grow mouldy; to moulder, languish
2Italianireplural of ira; to go
3Latinirepresent active infinitive of eō; to go
4LatineoI go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I...
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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