Where does “oltraggiare” come from?
oltraggiare (Italian) comes from Italian oltraggio, from Old French oltrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
oltraggiare (Italian): to offend or insult or despise or vilipend
Definitions
- to offend or insult or despise or vilipend
Ancestry of “oltraggiare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | oltraggio | offence, insult; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | oltrage | insult; offence; impoliteness; excess;... |
| 3 | Latin | ultraticum | a going beyond |
| 4 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |