Where does “mettercela” come from?
mettercela (Italian) comes from Italian metterci, from Italian mettere, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “mettercela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | metterci | to take (time, effort) |
| 2 | Italian | mettere | to put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,... |
| 3 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |