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Where does “scivoloso” come from?

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

scivoloso (Italian): slippery

Definitions

  1. slippery

Ancestry of “scivoloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscivolareto slip, slither, slide or skid
2Latinexsibilarepresent active infinitive of exsībilō;...
3LatinexsibiloI hiss out or forth
4Latinsībilō—
5Latin-ō—
6Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “scivoloso”

  • scivolosamente
  • scivolosità
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