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Where does “beffare” come from?

beffare (Italian) comes from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

beffare (Italian): To mock; to make a fool of

Definitions

  1. To mock; to make a fool of

Ancestry of “beffare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “beffare”

  • beffeggiamento
  • beffeggiare
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