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Where does “sdrammatizzazione” come from?

sdrammatizzazione (Italian) comes from Italian sdrammatizzare, from Italian dramma, from Middle High German troumen, from Old High German troumen, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic draumijaną, from Proto-Germanic draumaz, from Proto-Germanic draugmaz — to support; to hold.

sdrammatizzazione (Italian): minimization

Definitions

  1. minimization

Ancestry of “sdrammatizzazione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansdrammatizzareto play down, minimize, downplay
2Italiandrammadrama; tragedy, predicament; tragedy, fuss
3Middle High Germantroumen—
4Old High Germantroumen—
5Proto-West Germanic*draumijan—
6Proto-Germanicdraumijanąto dream
7Proto-Germanicdraumazdream
8Proto-Germanicdraugmaz—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrowgʰ-mos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
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