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Where does “raggiratore” come from?

raggiratore (Italian) comes from Italian raggirare, from Italian aggirare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des — to give.

raggiratore (Italian): swindler, cheat

Definitions

  1. swindler, cheat

Ancestry of “raggiratore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianraggirareto deceive, trick, take in, scam
2Italianaggirareto bypass, circumvent, go around, get around; to...
3Italiana-ad-; a-
4Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
5Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
6Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
8Old Frenchdes—
9Old Frenchdeof; from
10Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
11Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
12Latindāre—
13Proto-Italicdidōgive
14Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
15Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →