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Where does “beccare” come from?

beccare (Italian) comes from Italian becco, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

beccare (Italian): to peck; to eat; to sting or bite

Definitions

  1. to peck; to eat; to sting or bite

Ancestry of “beccare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbeccobeak, bill; burner; cuckold
2Latinbeccusbeak, bill
3Latin-āceus—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “beccare”

  • beccatoio
  • beccatura
  • beccabile
  • becchettare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →