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Where does “soprastampa” come from?

soprastampa (Italian) comes from Italian stampa, from Italian stampare, from Frankish stampōn, from Proto-Germanic stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ — to support, stomp, rant, amaze.

soprastampa (Italian): Alternative form of sovrastampa

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sovrastampa

Ancestry of “soprastampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstampapress; print; printing
2Italianstampareto print, to run off; to stamp, to imprint, to...
3Frankishstampōn—
4Proto-Germanicstampōnąto compress, to squeeze; to stamp
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstemb‑to support, stomp, rant, amaze
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