Where does “pappataci” come from?

pappataci (Italian) comes from Italian tacere, from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.

pappataci (Italian): sandfly

Definitions

  1. sandfly

Ancestry of “pappataci”, step by step

pappataci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian tacere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantacereto be silent; to dummy up; to keep quiet
2Latintacēre—
3Proto-Italictakēōbe silent
4Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent

via Italian pappare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpappareto gobble up or tuck into; to appropriate or walk...
2Latinpappāre—

Words derived from “pappataci”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tak- →Every word from Proto-Italic takēō →Every word from Latin tacēre →