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Where does “fiaccola” come from?

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

fiaccola (Italian): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “fiaccola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfiaccatiredness; laziness; sluggishness
2ItalianfiaccareTo weary, exhaust or weaken
3Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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