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Where does “fegato” come from?

fegato (Italian) comes from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

fegato (Italian): liver; courage; guts, pluck

Definitions

  1. liver; courage; guts, pluck

Ancestry of “fegato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīcātum—
2Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
3Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

Words derived from “fegato”

  • fegatoso
  • fegataccio
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