Where does “fiacca” come from?

fiacca (Italian) comes from Italian fiaccare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

fiacca (Italian): tiredness; laziness; sluggishness

Definitions

  1. tiredness; laziness; sluggishness

Ancestry of “fiacca”, step by step

fiacca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fiaccare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfiaccareTo weary, exhaust or weaken
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via Old Italian *facchia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italian*facchia
2Latinfaculasmall torch
3Latinfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʷʰeh₂k-to shine

Words derived from “fiacca

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Latin Every word from Italian -are
fiacca — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer