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Where does “cafonata” come from?

cafonata (Italian) comes from Italian -ata, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

cafonata (Italian): boorish action

Definitions

  1. boorish action

Ancestry of “cafonata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ataUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
2Italian-atoUsed with a stem to form the past participle of...
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →