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Where does “approssimare” come from?

approssimare (Italian) comes from Latin approximo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

approssimare (Italian): to approach; to round

Definitions

  1. to approach; to round

Ancestry of “approssimare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinapproximoI am or draw near to, approach; I approximate
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “approssimare”

  • approssimabile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →