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Where does “briganti” come from?

briganti (Italian) comes from Italian brigante, from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

briganti (Italian): plural of brigante

Definitions

  1. plural of brigante

Ancestry of “briganti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbrigantebrigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...
2Italian-anteUsed with a stem to form the present participle...
3Latin-āns—
4Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “briganti”

  • briganti
  • brigantik
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