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Where does “appianabile” come from?

appianabile (Italian) comes from Italian appianare, from Italian piano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

appianabile (Italian): smoothable; resolvable

Definitions

  1. smoothable; resolvable

Ancestry of “appianabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianappianareto level; to iron out, settle
2Italianpianoplane; flat, level; plain
3Italian-anoUsed with a stem to form the third-person plural...
4Latin-antthird-person plural present active indicative of...
5Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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