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Where does “speditore” come from?

speditore (Italian) comes from Italian spedire, from Latin expedio, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

speditore (Italian): sender; shipping clerk; consignor, consigner

Definitions

  1. sender; shipping clerk; consignor, consigner

Ancestry of “speditore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspedireto send, dispatch, post, mail, forward, ship
2LatinexpedioI free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose...
3Latinpēs—
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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