Where does “procacità” come from?
procacità (Italian) comes from Latin procacitas, from Latin procāx, from Latin proco, from Latin procus, from Proto-Italic *prokos, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
procacità (Italian): impudence, insolence, shamelessness; sexual...
Definitions
- impudence, insolence, shamelessness; sexual...
Ancestry of “procacità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | procacitas | boldness, shamelessness, impudence |
| 2 | Latin | procāx | bold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wanton |
| 3 | Latin | proco | I ask, urge, demand |
| 4 | Latin | procus | wooer, suitor; Alternative form of procer |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *prokos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |