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Where does “bestemmione” come from?

bestemmione (Italian) comes from Italian bestemmia, 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...

bestemmione (Italian): A heavy blasphemer; A great blasphemy; plural of...

Definitions

  1. A heavy blasphemer; A great blasphemy; plural of...

Ancestry of “bestemmione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbestemmiacurse; blasphemy; third-person singular present...
2Old Italianbiastema—
3Late Latinblasphemia—
4Ancient Greekβλασφημίαprofanity; slander, blasphemy
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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