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Where does “prevaricamento” come from?

prevaricamento (Italian) comes from Italian prevaricare, from Latin praevaricor, from Latin vāricō, from Latin vāricus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

prevaricamento (Italian): abuse; malfeasance, malpractice

Definitions

  1. abuse; malfeasance, malpractice

Ancestry of “prevaricamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprevaricareto abuse one's power
2LatinpraevaricorI walk crookedly; I transgress, violate or sin...
3Latinvāricō—
4Latinvāricus—
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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