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Where does “paraffinare” come from?

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

paraffinare (Italian): To paraffin

Definitions

  1. To paraffin

Ancestry of “paraffinare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “paraffinare”

  • paraffinare
  • paraffinate
  • paraffinico
  • paraffina
  • cicloparaffina
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