Where does “difettosamente” come from?
difettosamente (Italian) comes from Italian difettoso, from Italian difetto, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
difettosamente (Italian): defectively, faultily, imperfectly
Definitions
- defectively, faultily, imperfectly
Ancestry of “difettosamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | difettoso | defective, faulty, imperfect |
| 2 | Italian | difetto | defect, fault, blemish, flaw; deficiency, lack,... |
| 3 | Latin | defectus | failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect |
| 4 | Latin | deficio | I withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,... |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |