Where does “scemare” come from?
scemare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin exsemare, from Latin sēmis, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
scemare (Italian): to diminish in power, intensity, quantity, etc.;...
Definitions
- to diminish in power, intensity, quantity, etc.;...
Ancestry of “scemare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | exsemare | — |
| 2 | Latin | sēmis | — |
| 3 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “scemare”