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Where does “napoletanismo” come from?

napoletanismo (Italian) comes from Italian napoletano, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide.

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Ancestry of “napoletanismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliannapoletanoNeapolitan
2Latinneāpolītānus—
3LatinNeāpolis—
4Ancient GreekΝεάπολις—
5Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
6Latinfēlēs—
7Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
8Proto-Uralicpidetall
9Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
10Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
11Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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