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Where does “mostra” come from?

mostra (Italian) comes from Latin monstro, from Latin monstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

mostra (Italian): exhibition, show; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. exhibition, show; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “mostra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmonstroI show, point out, indicate; I appoint, ordain; I...
2Latinmonstruma divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil...
3Proto-Italicmonestrom—

Words derived from “mostra”

  • automostra
  • муштра
  • musztra
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