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Where does “fracassare” come from?

fracassare (Italian) comes from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

fracassare (Italian): To smash or shatter

Definitions

  1. To smash or shatter

Ancestry of “fracassare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfrabelow
2Latinīnferā—
3Frenchinférerto infer
4Latinīnferō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “fracassare”

  • fracas
  • fracasso
  • fracassoso
  • fracassosamente
  • fracasser
  • fracas
  • fracasso
  • fracassar
  • fracassar
  • frakasi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →