Where does “inficio” come from?
inficio (Italian) comes from Italian inficiare, from Medieval Latin īnficior, from Latin infitiae, from Latin fateor, from Proto-Italic fatēōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
inficio (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “inficio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | inficiare | to invalidate, reduce in validity or value |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | īnficior | — |
| 3 | Latin | infitiae | denial |
| 4 | Latin | fateor | I confess, admit; I acknowledge, own; I show,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fatēōr | to confess |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |