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Where does “piovano” come from?

piovano (Italian) comes from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

piovano (Italian): rain; third-person plural present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. rain; third-person plural present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “piovano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-anoUsed with a stem to form the third-person plural...
2Latin-antthird-person plural present active indicative of...
3Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
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