Where does “perbacco” come from?
perbacco (Italian) comes from Italian per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
perbacco (Italian): by Jove!, good heavens!
Definitions
- by Jove!, good heavens!
Ancestry of “perbacco”, step by step
perbacco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | per | for; to; through |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |