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Where does “ginocchio” come from?

ginocchio (Italian) comes from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

ginocchio (Italian): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “ginocchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculum—
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelos—

Words derived from “ginocchio”

  • inginocchiarsi
  • inginocchiatoio
  • inginocchiamento
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