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Where does “sciagura” come from?

sciagura (Italian) comes from Italian sciagurato, from Latin exauguratus, from Latin exaugurare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.

sciagura (Italian): disaster, calamity

Definitions

  1. disaster, calamity

Ancestry of “sciagura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansciaguratowretched; unfortunate; wretch
2Latinexauguratus—
3Latinexaugurareto profane
4LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
5Latincommūnicō—
6Latincommūnis—
7Old Latincom(m)oinis—
8Proto-Italickommoinis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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