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Where does “originare” come from?

originare (Italian) comes from Italian origine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

originare (Italian): to originate, give origin to, cause

Definitions

  1. to originate, give origin to, cause

Ancestry of “originare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianorigineorigin, derivation
2Latinorīgō—
3Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “originare”

  • originatore
  • originazione
  • originate
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