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Where does “parafuoco” come from?

parafuoco (Italian) comes from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

parafuoco (Italian): fireguard, fire screen

Definitions

  1. fireguard, fire screen

Ancestry of “parafuoco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpara-para-
2Italianparacrepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular...
3Italianparanoiaparanoia
4Ancient Greekπαράνοιαderangement, madness
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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