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Where does “parauniversitario” come from?

parauniversitario (Italian) comes from Italian universitario, from Italian università, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

parauniversitario (Italian): university- or degree-level

Definitions

  1. university- or degree-level

Ancestry of “parauniversitario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuniversitariouniversity; academic; university student or...
2Italianuniversitàuniversity
3Latinūniversitās—
4Latinūniversus—
5Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
6Latinvertō—
7Proto-Italicwertō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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