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
- liver; courage; guts, pluck
Ancestry of “fegato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fīcātum | — |
| 2 | Latin | iecur | liver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | jekʷor | liver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyékʷr̥ | liver |
Words derived from “fegato”