Where does “smorfioso” come from?

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

smorfioso (Italian): simpering, mincing; fussy; affected

Definitions

  1. simpering, mincing; fussy; affected

Ancestry of “smorfioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansmorfiagrimace; face; smirk, simper; snarl
2Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “smorfioso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →