Where does “intortare” come from?

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

intortare (Italian): to soft-soap

Definitions

  1. to soft-soap

Ancestry of “intortare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianin-un-; in-; a-
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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