Where does “caricaturista” come from?
caricaturista (Italian) comes from Catalan caricatura, from Italian caricatura, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
caricaturista (Italian): caricaturist
Ancestry of “caricaturista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | caricatura | caricature |
| 2 | Italian | caricatura | caricature, antic; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | caricare | to load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;... |
| 4 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |