Where does “prefilatelico” come from?
prefilatelico (Italian) comes from Italian filatelico, from Italian filatelia, from French philatélie, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
prefilatelico (Italian): prephilatelic
Ancestry of “prefilatelico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | filatelico | philatelic; philatelist |
| 2 | Italian | filatelia | philately |
| 3 | French | philatélie | philately |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |