Where does “anatrare” come from?

anatrare (Italian) comes from Italian anatra, from Vulgar Latin *anatria, from Latin anatem, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énh₂t- — duck.

anatrare (Italian): To quack

Definitions

  1. To quack

Ancestry of “anatrare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiananatraduck; third-person singular present indicative of...
2Vulgar Latin*anatria—
3Latinanatemaccusative singular of anas
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énh₂t-duck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énh₂t- →Every word from Latin anatem →Every word from Vulgar Latin *anatria →
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