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Where does “soffriggere” come from?

soffriggere (Italian) comes from Italian so-, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

soffriggere (Italian): to fry slowly in oil or boiling fat, with only...

Definitions

  1. to fry slowly in oil or boiling fat, with only...

Ancestry of “soffriggere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianso-under, beneath; Used in the formation of verbs...
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “soffriggere”

  • soffritto
  • soffritto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →