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Where does “getto” come from?

getto (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

getto (Italian): first-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “getto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latiniectus—
2Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
3Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
4Latiniaceō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “getto”

  • turbogetto
  • aerogetto
  • idrogetto
  • aviogetto
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