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Where does “sminuzzare” come from?

sminuzzare (Italian) comes from Italian minuzzare, from Vulgar Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sminuzzare (Italian): to crumble, mush, squish; to tear into small...

Definitions

  1. to crumble, mush, squish; to tear into small...

Ancestry of “sminuzzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianminuzzareSynonym of sminuzzare
2Vulgar Latinminutiare—
3Latinminutiasmallness, fineness, minuteness
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sminuzzare”

  • sminuzzamento
  • sminuzzatura
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