Where does “feccioso” come from?

feccioso (Italian) comes from Italian feccia, from Latin faex, from Proto-Italic faiks, from Proto-Italic fraiks.

feccioso (Italian): dreggy, turbid, cloudy

Definitions

  1. dreggy, turbid, cloudy

Ancestry of “feccioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfecciadregs; trash
2Latinfaexsediment, dregs; salt of tartar; brine used for...
3Proto-Italicfaiks—
4Proto-Italicfraiks—
Every word from Proto-Italic fraiks →Every word from Proto-Italic faiks →Every word from Latin faex →