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Where does “pretto” come from?

pretto (Italian) comes from Italian puretto, from Italian puro, from Latin puro, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

pretto (Italian): pure; truthful

Definitions

  1. pure; truthful

Ancestry of “pretto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuretto—
2Italianpuropure
3Latinpurodative masculine singular of pūrus; dative neuter...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “pretto”

  • prettamente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →