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Where does “sniffare” come from?

sniffare (Italian) comes from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

sniffare (Italian): to sniff, to snort, to blow

Definitions

  1. to sniff, to snort, to blow

Ancestry of “sniffare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
2Old Swedish-are—
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “sniffare”

  • sniffatore
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →