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Where does “smattonare” come from?

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

smattonare (Italian): to remove bricks; to demolish brickwork

Definitions

  1. to remove bricks; to demolish brickwork

Ancestry of “smattonare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmattonareTo pave with bricks
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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