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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
2Latinfīcātum—
3Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
4Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
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