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Where does “foracchiabile” come from?

foracchiabile (Italian) comes from Italian foracchiare, from Italian -acchiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

foracchiabile (Italian): riddlable, prickable

Definitions

  1. riddlable, prickable

Ancestry of “foracchiabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforacchiareto riddle; to prick
2Italian-acchiareUsed with verbs to derive verbs with attenuative,...
3Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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