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Where does “cavilloso” come from?

cavilloso (Italian) comes from Latin cavillosus.

cavilloso (Italian): quibbling, captious

Definitions

  1. quibbling, captious

Ancestry of “cavilloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincavillosus—

Words derived from “cavilloso”

  • cavillosamente
  • cavillosità
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