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Where does “letti” come from?

letti (Italian) comes from Italian letto, from Latin lēctus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

letti (Italian): plural of letto; masculine plural past participle...

Definitions

  1. plural of letto; masculine plural past participle...

Ancestry of “letti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlettobed; riverbed; past participle of leggere
2Latinlēctus—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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