Where does “paraffinico” come from?
paraffinico (Italian) comes from Italian paraffina, from Italian paraffinare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
paraffinico (Italian): paraffinic
Definitions
- paraffinic
Ancestry of “paraffinico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | paraffina | paraffin, alkane; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | paraffinare | To paraffin |
| 3 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |