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Where does “cagnone” come from?

cagnone (Italian) comes from Italian cane, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

cagnone (Italian): a big and usually also harmless dog

Definitions

  1. a big and usually also harmless dog

Ancestry of “cagnone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanedog, male dog; hammer; freezing, biting
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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