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Where does “scissiparità” come from?

scissiparità (Italian) comes from Italian scissiparo, from Italian scissione, from Late Latin scissio, from Latin scindere, from Latin scindo, from Proto-Italic skindō, from Proto-Indo-European skinédti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

scissiparità (Italian): scissiparity

Definitions

  1. scissiparity

Ancestry of “scissiparità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscissiparoscissiparous, fissiparous
2Italianscissionefission, cleavage; splitting, division,...
3Late LatinscissioA cleaving, dividing, scission
4Latinscinderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinscindoI cut, tear, rend or break asunder; carve; split,...
6Proto-Italicskindōto cut, to tear, to rend, to separate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskinédtito be cutting off
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
9Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
10Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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