Where does “logoramento” come from?
logoramento (Italian) comes from Italian logorare, from Late Latin lucrare, from Latin lucror, from Latin lucrum, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂w- — to seize, gain; benefit, prize.
logoramento (Italian): wear (of clothes etc.)
Definitions
- wear (of clothes etc.)
Ancestry of “logoramento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | logorare | to wear out, exhaust; to wear away; to wear down |
| 2 | Late Latin | lucrare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | lucror | I gain, acquire, profit; I gain by economy, save |
| 4 | Latin | lucrum | profit, advantage; love of gain, avarice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂w- | to seize, gain; benefit, prize |