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Where does “posticcio” come from?

posticcio (Italian) comes from Late Latin appositīcius, from Latin appōnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

posticcio (Italian): added afterwards; artificial; false

Definitions

  1. added afterwards; artificial; false

Ancestry of “posticcio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinappositīcius—
2Latinappōnō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “posticcio”

  • postiche
  • postiche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →