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Where does “raffreddare” come from?

raffreddare (Italian) comes from Italian freddo, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

raffreddare (Italian): to cool, cool down; to cool something down; to...

Definitions

  1. to cool, cool down; to cool something down; to...

Ancestry of “raffreddare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfreddocold; the cold; chill
2Latinfrīgidus—
3Latinfrīgeō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “raffreddare”

  • superraffreddare
  • surraffreddare
  • subraffreddamento
  • surraffreddamento
  • preraffreddamento
  • raffreddamento
  • preraffreddare
  • superraffreddamento
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