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Where does “malagevole” come from?

malagevole (Italian) comes from Italian agevole, from Italian agio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

malagevole (Italian): difficult

Definitions

  1. difficult

Ancestry of “malagevole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagevoleeasy; smooth
2Italianagioease, comfort; luxury, comfort; first-person...
3Old Occitanaizeease
4Latinadiacēns—
5LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “malagevole”

  • malagevolmente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →