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Where does “percotitore” come from?

percotitore (Italian) comes from Italian percuotere, from Latin percutiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

percotitore (Italian): attacker

Definitions

  1. attacker

Ancestry of “percotitore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpercuotereto hit, strike, beat, thrash; to attack, fall
2Latinpercutiō—
3Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—
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