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Where does “imbattersi” come from?

imbattersi (Italian) comes from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imbattersi (Italian): to run into, bump into, meet with, come across,...

Definitions

  1. to run into, bump into, meet with, come across,...

Ancestry of “imbattersi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianim-Alternative form of in-; into, in
2Italianin-un-; in-; a-
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →