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Where does “pranzo” come from?

pranzo (Italian) comes from Latin prandium, from Proto-Italic prāndijom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

pranzo (Italian): lunch or dinner; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. lunch or dinner; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “pranzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprandiumlate breakfast, luncheon, lunch
2Proto-Italicprāndijom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “pranzo”

  • pranzare
  • dopopranzo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →