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Where does “angosciare” come from?

angosciare (Italian) comes from Italian angustiare, from Latin angustio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

angosciare (Italian): To cause anguish to; to upset

Definitions

  1. To cause anguish to; to upset

Ancestry of “angosciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianangustiareto torment, distress, worry
2LatinangustioI make narrow, straiten, compress, narrow; I...
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “angosciare”

  • angoscia
  • angosciato
  • angosciatamente
  • angosa
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