Where does “apocopate” come from?

apocopate (Italian) comes from Italian apocopato, from Italian apocopare, from Latin apocopāre, from Latin apocopē, from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.

apocopate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “apocopate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianapocopatopast participle of apocopare; apocopate
2Italianapocopareto apocopate
3Latinapocopāre
4Latinapocopēapocope
5Ancient Greekἀποκόπτωto cut off, amputate; to smite the breast in...
6Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
7Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
8Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
9Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
10Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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