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Where does “laggiù” come from?

laggiù (Italian) comes from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

laggiù (Italian): down there, down below; over there

Definitions

  1. down there, down below; over there

Ancestry of “laggiù”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlàthere
2Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
3Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
4GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
5Germana-MollA-minor
6Hungarianathe; this; that
7Frenchàto; on the, to; at
8Englishavieemulously
9Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
10Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
11Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
12Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
13Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
14Proto-Italic-os—
15Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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