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Where does “perfettivo” come from?

perfettivo (Italian) comes from Late Latin perfectīvus, from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

perfettivo (Italian): perfective

Definitions

  1. perfective

Ancestry of “perfettivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinperfectīvus—
2Latinperficiō—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “perfettivo”

  • imperfettivo
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