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Where does “sfigurare” come from?

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

sfigurare (Italian): To disfigure, to scar; To make a bad impression

Definitions

  1. To disfigure, to scar; To make a bad impression

Ancestry of “sfigurare”, step by step

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