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Where does “meticolosaggine” come from?

meticolosaggine (Italian) comes from Italian meticoloso, from Latin meticulōsus, from Latin -culōsus, from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Celtic kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱuH-ló-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

meticolosaggine (Italian): pedantry, fastidiousness

Definitions

  1. pedantry, fastidiousness

Ancestry of “meticolosaggine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeticolosometiculous
2Latinmeticulōsus—
3Latin-culōsus—
4Latincūlus—
5Proto-Celtickūlos—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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