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Where does “sbalordire” come from?

sbalordire (Italian) comes from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

sbalordire (Italian): to stun, amaze, astound, make someone's jaw drop

Definitions

  1. to stun, amaze, astound, make someone's jaw drop

Ancestry of “sbalordire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
2Latinēx-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “sbalordire”

  • sbalordito
  • sbalorditaggine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →