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Where does “caposervizio” come from?

caposervizio (Italian) comes from Italian servizio, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

caposervizio (Italian): head of a department or section; senior editor

Definitions

  1. head of a department or section; senior editor

Ancestry of “caposervizio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianservizioservice, serve; facility, feature, utility,...
2Latinservitiumslavery, servitude; slaves; service
3Latin-itia-ness, -ity
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →