Where does “polifosfato” come from?
polifosfato (Italian) comes from Italian fosfato, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
polifosfato (Italian): polyphosphate
Ancestry of “polifosfato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fosfato | phosphate; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |