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Where does “deficienza” come from?

deficienza (Italian) comes from Latin deficientia, from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

deficienza (Italian): deficiency; shortage; weakness

Definitions

  1. deficiency; shortage; weakness

Ancestry of “deficienza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindeficientiadeficiency, want; nominative neuter plural of...
2Latindēficiens—
3Latindeficerepresent active infinitive of dēficiō;...
4Latindefectusfailure; absence; weakness, failing, defect
5LatindeficioI withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,...
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “deficienza”

  • immunodeficienza
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