Where does “sordaggine” come from?

sordaggine (Italian) comes from Italian sordo, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

sordaggine (Italian): partial deafness

Definitions

  1. partial deafness

Ancestry of “sordaggine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansordodeaf; muffled; dull
2Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Latin surdus →Every word from Italian sordo →
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