Where does “immondezzaio” come from?
immondezzaio (Italian) comes from Italian immondezza, from Italian immondo, from Latin immundus, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
immondezzaio (Italian): rubbish dump or tip
Definitions
- rubbish dump or tip
Ancestry of “immondezzaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | immondezza | rubbish, refuse, trash, garbage |
| 2 | Italian | immondo | dirty, filthy, foul, unclean |
| 3 | Latin | immundus | unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |