Where does “marcimento” come from?
marcimento (Italian) comes from Italian marcire, from Italian marcio, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
marcimento (Italian): rotting, putrefaction
Definitions
- rotting, putrefaction
Ancestry of “marcimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | marcire | to rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy |
| 2 | Italian | marcio | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | marceō | to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel |
| 4 | Latin | Mārtius | of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |