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Where does “rivoluzione” come from?

rivoluzione (Italian) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

rivoluzione (Italian): revolution; rotation, curl

Definitions

  1. revolution; rotation, curl

Ancestry of “rivoluzione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinrevolutionemaccusative singular of revolūtiō
2Latinrevolvō—
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 “rivoluzione”

  • rivoluzionario
  • rivoluzionamento
  • controrivoluzione
  • rivoluzionarismo
  • rivoluzionare
  • post-rivoluzionario
  • antirivoluzionario
  • controrivoluzionario
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