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Where does “efficientissimo” come from?

efficientissimo (Italian) comes from Italian efficiente, from Latin efficiens, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.

efficientissimo (Italian): superlative degree of efficiente

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of efficiente

Ancestry of “efficientissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianefficienteefficient; effective
2Latinefficiensproducing, and related senses of the action;...
3Latinefficiō—
4LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
5Latincommūnicō—
6Latincommūnis—
7Old Latincom(m)oinis—
8Proto-Italickommoinis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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