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Where does “soffribile” come from?

soffribile (Italian) comes from Italian soffrire, from Vulgar Latin sufferire, from Latin sufferō, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

soffribile (Italian): sufferable, tolerable, bearable

Definitions

  1. sufferable, tolerable, bearable

Ancestry of “soffribile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansoffrireto suffer, to feel, to go through; to suffer, to...
2Vulgar Latinsufferirepresent active infinitive of *sufferiō
3Latinsufferō—
4Latinferō—
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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