Where does “sovrascorrere” come from?
sovrascorrere (Italian) comes from Italian scorrere, from Latin excurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
sovrascorrere (Italian): To slide tectonically over an existing base
Definitions
- To slide tectonically over an existing base
Ancestry of “sovrascorrere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scorrere | to run, to flow, to stream, to glide, to slide;... |
| 2 | Latin | excurrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | currō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |