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Where does “cincischiamento” come from?

cincischiamento (Italian) comes from Italian cincischiare, from Vulgar Latin incisulare, from Latin incisus, from Latin incidere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

cincischiamento (Italian): crumpling, crushing, creasing; mumbling

Definitions

  1. crumpling, crushing, creasing; mumbling

Ancestry of “cincischiamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancincischiareto miscut; to crumple, to crease; to...
2Vulgar Latinincisulare—
3Latinincisuscut up, having been cut up, hewn open, having...
4Latininciderepresent active infinitive of incidō;...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →