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Where does “scivolare” come from?

scivolare (Italian) comes from Latin exsibilare, from Latin exsibilo, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

scivolare (Italian): to slip, slither, slide or skid

Definitions

  1. to slip, slither, slide or skid

Ancestry of “scivolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexsibilarepresent active infinitive of exsībilō;...
2LatinexsibiloI hiss out or forth
3Latinsībilō—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “scivolare”

  • scivoloso
  • scivolosamente
  • scivolosità
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