Where does “smorfia” come from?

smorfia (Italian) comes from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

smorfia (Italian): grimace; face; smirk, simper; snarl

Definitions

  1. grimace; face; smirk, simper; snarl

Ancestry of “smorfia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
2Latinēx-out, away
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “smorfia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →
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