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Where does “retrospettiva” come from?

retrospettiva (Italian) comes from Italian retrospettivo, from Italian rétro, from French rétro, from French rétroviseur, from French rétro-, from Latin retrō, from Latin dūcere, from Proto-Italic doukō — to pull, to draw; to lead.

retrospettiva (Italian): retrospective; of, relating to, or contemplating...

Definitions

  1. retrospective; of, relating to, or contemplating...

Ancestry of “retrospettiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianretrospettivoretrospective
2Italianrétroretro
3Frenchrétroshortening of rétroviseur, mirror; retro
4Frenchrétroviseurrear-view mirror
5Frenchrétro-retro-, back, behind
6Latinretrō—
7Latindūcere—
8Proto-Italicdoukōlead
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéwketi—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
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