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Where does “fendere” come from?

fendere (Italian) comes from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fendere (Italian): to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,...

Definitions

  1. to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,...

Ancestry of “fendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishhenderTo split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;...
2Old Spanishfender—
3Latinfindō—
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fendere”

  • fesse
  • fenditoio
  • fessacchiotto
  • fendibile
  • fessa
  • fesso
  • fesseria
  • fendi
  • fendaĵo
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