Where does “sfiga” come from?

sfiga (Italian) comes from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

sfiga (Italian): bad luck

Definitions

  1. bad luck

Ancestry of “sfiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
2Latinēx-out, away
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →
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