Where does “soffocabile” come from?
soffocabile (Italian) comes from Italian soffocare, from Latin suffoco, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
soffocabile (Italian): suppressible
Ancestry of “soffocabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | soffocare | to suffocate, stifle, choke, smother; to choke... |
| 2 | Latin | suffoco | I choke, stifle, strangle or suffocate |
| 3 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |