Where does “attillatezza” come from?
attillatezza (Italian) comes from Italian attillato, from Italian attillare, from Spanish atildar, from Spanish á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
attillatezza (Italian): elegance, sophistication
Ancestry of “attillatezza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | attillato | close-fitting, tight, snug, clinging; elegantly... |
| 2 | Italian | attillare | to make fit closely or tightly |
| 3 | Spanish | atildar | — |
| 4 | Spanish | á- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |