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Where does “rifugio” come from?

rifugio (Italian) comes from Latin refugium, from Latin refugiō, 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.

rifugio (Italian): shelter, refuge; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. shelter, refuge; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “rifugio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrefugiumrefuge
2Latinrefugiō—
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 “rifugio”

  • rifugio
  • rifugista
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