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Where does “callido” come from?

callido (Italian) comes from Latin callidus, from Latin calleō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

callido (Italian): shrewd, astute

Definitions

  1. shrewd, astute

Ancestry of “callido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalliduscunning, sly, crafty; wise, clever, ingenious
2Latincalleō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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