Where does “optogramma” come from?
optogramma (Italian) comes from Italian opto, from Italian optare, from Latin optō, from Proto-Italic *opetāō.
optogramma (Italian): optogram
Ancestry of “optogramma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | opto | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | optare | to opt; to decide; to take out an option on a... |
| 3 | Latin | optō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *opetāō | — |