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Where does “caporiverso” come from?

caporiverso (Italian) comes from Italian riverso, from Latin reversus, from Latin revertor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

caporiverso (Italian): With the head down

Definitions

  1. With the head down

Ancestry of “caporiverso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianriversofirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinreversusreturned
3LatinrevertorI return; I turn back, turn around
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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