Where does “prefissare” come from?
prefissare (Italian) comes from Italian prefisso, from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus, from Latin praefigo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
prefissare (Italian): to prefix
Definitions
- to prefix
Ancestry of “prefissare”, step by step
prefissare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian prefisso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | prefisso | prefix; dialling code; past participle of... |
| 2 | Late Latin | praefixum | nominative neuter singular of praefīxus;... |
| 3 | Latin | praefixus | fastened or attached in front; prefixed |
| 4 | Latin | praefigo | I fasten before, attach in front; I point with |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Italian fissare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fissare | to fasten, fix, secure; to put in order; to stare... |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |