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Where does “sfregiare” come from?

sfregiare (Italian) comes from Italian fregiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

sfregiare (Italian): to slash; to deface

Definitions

  1. to slash; to deface

Ancestry of “sfregiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfregiareto adorn, embellish; to give
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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