Where does “parafatura” come from?

parafatura (Italian) comes from Italian parafa, from French paraphe, from Latin paraphus, from Latin paragraphus, from Ancient Greek παράγραφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

parafatura (Italian): initialing (adding one's initials to a document)

Definitions

  1. initialing (adding one's initials to a document)

Ancestry of “parafatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianparafaparaph
2Frenchparapheparaph; initials
3Latinparaphus
4Latinparagraphusparagraph
5Ancient Greekπαράγραφοςshort stroke in the margin marking a break in...
6Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
7Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-