Where does “innescare” come from?

innescare (Italian) comes from Italian esca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

innescare (Italian): to bait; to prime or set off; to trigger

Definitions

  1. to bait; to prime or set off; to trigger

Ancestry of “innescare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianescabait, lure; decoy; tinder
2Latinēscafood
3Latinedōto eat
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “innescare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin edō
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