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Where does “capziosità” come from?

capziosità (Italian) comes from Italian capzioso, from Latin captiosus, from Latin captiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

capziosità (Italian): captiousness

Definitions

  1. captiousness

Ancestry of “capziosità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapziosocaptious
2Latincaptiosusfallacious, deceptive; captious; harmful
3Latincaptiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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