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Where does “bestemmia” come from?

bestemmia (Italian) comes from Old Italian biastema, from Late Latin blasphemia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

bestemmia (Italian): curse; blasphemy; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. curse; blasphemy; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “bestemmia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianbiastema—
2Late Latinblasphemia—
3Ancient Greekβλασφημίαprofanity; slander, blasphemy
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “bestemmia”

  • bestemmiona
  • bestemmione
  • beštima
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