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Where does “prolissità” come from?

prolissità (Italian) comes from Latin prolixitas, from Latin prōlixus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

prolissità (Italian): prolixity, long-windedness, verbosity

Definitions

  1. prolixity, long-windedness, verbosity

Ancestry of “prolissità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprolixitasgreat extent, long duration; prolixity
2Latinprōlixus—
3Latinprō—
4Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
5Latinrēōr—
6Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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