Where does “bersela” come from?

bersela (Italian) comes from Italian bere, from Italian bevere, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bersela (Italian): to naively believe in something unlikely; to be "taken in"

Definitions

  1. to naively believe in something unlikely; to be "taken in"

Ancestry of “bersela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbereto drink
2ItalianbevereArchaic form of bere; to drink
3Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinbibōto drink
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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