Where does “paraffinate” come from?
paraffinate (Italian) comes from Italian paraffinare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
paraffinate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “paraffinate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | paraffinare | To paraffin |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |