Where does “autoadescante” come from?
autoadescante (Italian) comes from Italian adescante, from Italian adescare, from Latin adescare, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
autoadescante (Italian): self-priming
Definitions
- self-priming
Ancestry of “autoadescante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | adescante | present participle of adescare; priming, that... |
| 2 | Italian | adescare | to lure, entice, hook; to prime; to strike |
| 3 | Latin | adescare | present active infinitive of adēscō;... |
| 4 | Latin | ēsca | food |
| 5 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |