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Where does “fanciullezza” come from?

fanciullezza (Italian) comes from Italian fanciullo, from Italian fancello, from Italian fanticello, from Italian fante, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn- — in.

fanciullezza (Italian): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “fanciullezza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfanciulloboy, child
2Italianfancello—
3Italianfanticello—
4Italianfantejack; knave
5Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
6Latinīnfāntem—
7Latinīnfāns—
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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