Where does “fittabile” come from?
fittabile (Italian) comes from Italian fitto, from Vulgar Latin fictus, from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
fittabile (Italian): tenant
Ancestry of “fittabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fitto | past participle of figgere; thick; dense |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fictus | feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having... |
| 3 | Latin | fissus | split, cloven |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰidtós | split, cloven |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |