Where does “bocconcino” come from?

bocconcino (Italian) comes from Italian boccone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

bocconcino (Italian): nibble typically used to refer to a tasty dish

Definitions

  1. nibble typically used to refer to a tasty dish

Ancestry of “bocconcino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbocconemouthful; morsel, nibble
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Italian -one →