Where does “fegatoso” come from?

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

fegatoso (Italian): liverish

Definitions

  1. liverish

Ancestry of “fegatoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfegatoliver; courage; guts, pluck
2Latinfīcātumliver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
3Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
4Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic jekʷor →Every word from Latin iecur →