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Where does “foracchiare” come from?

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

foracchiare (Italian): to riddle; to prick

Definitions

  1. to riddle; to prick

Ancestry of “foracchiare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “foracchiare”

  • foracchiatura
  • foracchiabile
  • foracchiato
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