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Where does “rimpicciolire” come from?

rimpicciolire (Italian) comes from Italian impicciolire, from Italian picciolo, from Latin peciolus, from Latin pediciolus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

rimpicciolire (Italian): to reduce, to decrease

Definitions

  1. to reduce, to decrease

Ancestry of “rimpicciolire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianimpicciolireSynonym of impiccolire
2Italianpicciolostalk
3Latinpeciolus—
4Latinpediciolus—
5Latinpedīculus—
6Latinpēdis—
7Latinpēs—
8Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
9Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
10Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
12Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “rimpicciolire”

  • rimpicciolimento
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