Where does “smettere” come from?
smettere (Italian) comes from Italian mettere, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
smettere (Italian): to stop or cease
Ancestry of “smettere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mettere | to put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,... |
| 2 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |