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Where does “avvezzo” come from?

avvezzo (Italian) comes from Italian avvezzare, from Latin advitiāre, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

avvezzo (Italian): accustomed; wont

Definitions

  1. accustomed; wont

Ancestry of “avvezzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianavvezzareTo accustom
2Latinadvitiāre—
3Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “avvezzo”

  • malavvezzo
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