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Where does “didattico” come from?

didattico (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek διδακτικός, from Ancient Greek διδακτός, from Ancient Greek διδάσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

didattico (Italian): didactic; teaching; educational

Definitions

  1. didactic; teaching; educational

Ancestry of “didattico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιδακτικόςskilled in teaching
2Ancient Greekδιδακτόςtaught, learnt
3Ancient GreekδιδάσκωI teach, instruct, train
4Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
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