Where does “scacciamosche” come from?
scacciamosche (Italian) comes from Italian scacciare, from Italian cacciare, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
scacciamosche (Italian): flywhisk, flyswatter
Definitions
- flywhisk, flyswatter
Ancestry of “scacciamosche”, step by step
scacciamosche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian scacciare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scacciare | to drive away or chase away; to throw out or turn... |
| 2 | Italian | cacciare | to hunt, to prey on; to hunt, to shoot, to snare;... |
| 3 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 4 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |