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Where does “dopocena” come from?

dopocena (Italian) comes from Italian cena, from Latin cēna, from Old Latin cesna, from Proto-Italic kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European kért-s-nh₂, from Proto-Indo-European skert-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

dopocena (Italian): after dinner; time after dinner, evening

Definitions

  1. after dinner; time after dinner, evening

Ancestry of “dopocena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancenadinner; inflection of cenare: ## third-person...
2Latincēna—
3Old Latincesna—
4Proto-Italickertsnā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankért-s-nh₂portion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskert-to cut
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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