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Where does “rappresantare” come from?

rappresantare (Italian) comes from Latin repraesentare, from Latin repraesento, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

rappresantare (Italian): to depict, portray, represent; to describe; to...

Definitions

  1. to depict, portray, represent; to describe; to...

Ancestry of “rappresantare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrepraesentarepresent active infinitive of repraesentō;...
2LatinrepraesentoI represent, depict; I display, exhibit or show
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “rappresantare”

  • rappresantabilità
  • rappresantabile
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