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Where does “rivoluzionare” come from?

rivoluzionare (Italian) comes from Italian rivoluzione, from Late Latin revolutionem, from Latin revolvō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

rivoluzionare (Italian): to revolutionize; to turn upside-down

Definitions

  1. to revolutionize; to turn upside-down

Ancestry of “rivoluzionare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrivoluzionerevolution; rotation, curl
2Late Latinrevolutionemaccusative singular of revolūtiō
3Latinrevolvō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “rivoluzionare”

  • rivoluzionamento
  • rivoluzionarismo
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