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Where does “polibibita” come from?

polibibita (Italian) comes from Italian bibita, from Latin bibita, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

polibibita (Italian): cocktail

Definitions

  1. cocktail

Ancestry of “polibibita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbibitasoft drink, non-alcoholic drink
2Latinbibitanominative feminine singular of bibitus;...
3Latinbiberethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinbibō—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →