Where does “dappocaggine” come from?

dappocaggine (Italian) comes from Italian dappoco, from Italian poco, from Spanish poco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

dappocaggine (Italian): ineptitude, worthlessness

Definitions

  1. ineptitude, worthlessness

Ancestry of “dappocaggine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandappocoinept; insignificant
2Italianpocolittle, not much; little, not very, poorly; a...
3Spanishpocolittle, not much; few, not many; un-, not
4Latinpaucusfew, little
5Proto-Italicpaukosfew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ukos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →