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Where does “biastema” come from?

biastema (Italian) comes 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...

Ancestry of “biastema”, step by step

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

Words derived from “biastema”

  • bestemmiona
  • bestemmia
  • bestemmione
  • beštima
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