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Where does “orecchiabile” come from?

orecchiabile (Italian) comes from Italian orecchiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

orecchiabile (Italian): catchy

Definitions

  1. catchy

Ancestry of “orecchiabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianorecchiareTo pick up; To eavesdrop, listen in
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “orecchiabile”

  • orecchiabilità
  • orecchiabilmente
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