Where does “fannullone” come from?
fannullone (Italian) comes from Italian fannulla, from Italian fà, from Italian fare, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
fannullone (Italian): Augmentative of fannulla; plural of fannullona
Definitions
- Augmentative of fannulla; plural of fannullona
Ancestry of “fannullone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fannulla | good-for-nothing, idler, loafer |
| 2 | Italian | fà | Misspelling of fa; Misspelling of fa' |
| 3 | Italian | fare | to do; to make; to provoke |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |