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Where does “monoparentale” come from?

monoparentale (Italian) comes from Italian mono-, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.

monoparentale (Italian): single-parent

Definitions

  1. single-parent

Ancestry of “monoparentale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmono-mono-
2Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
3Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
4Proto-Hellenic*spérmə—
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