Where does “smagliare” come from?
smagliare (Italian) comes from Italian maglia, from Old Occitan malha, from Latin macula, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
smagliare (Italian): To ladder, run, unravel or snag
Definitions
- To ladder, run, unravel or snag
Ancestry of “smagliare”, step by step
smagliare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian maglia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | maglia | stitch; link; mesh |
| 2 | Old Occitan | malha | — |
| 3 | Latin | macula | in a bad sense; in a neutral sense; ablative... |
| 4 | French | -is | Suffix forming the first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Old French | -eiz | — |
| 6 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |