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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

  1. to diminish in power, intensity, quantity, etc.;...

Ancestry of “scemare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexsemare—
2Latinsēmis—
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēs—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “scemare”

  • scemo
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