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Where does “attorcigliatura” come from?

attorcigliatura (Italian) comes from Italian attorcigliare, from Italian attorcere, from Latin attorquere, from Latin attorqueo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

attorcigliatura (Italian): Synonym of attorcigliamento

Definitions

  1. Synonym of attorcigliamento

Ancestry of “attorcigliatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianattorcigliareTo twist
2ItalianattorcereTo twist with force
3Latinattorquerepresent active infinitive of attorqueō
4LatinattorqueoI hurl, whirl or swing upwards at
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →