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Where does “graffare” come from?

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

graffare (Italian): to staple; to cramp; to seam

Definitions

  1. to staple; to cramp; to seam

Ancestry of “graffare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →