Where does “spergiuro” come from?
spergiuro (Italian) comes from Latin periurus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
spergiuro (Italian): faithless
Definitions
- faithless
Ancestry of “spergiuro”, step by step
spergiuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin periurus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | periurus | perjured; false, lying |
| 2 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian spergiurare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spergiurare | To commit perjury |
| 2 | Italian | s- | un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato |
| 3 | Latin | ēx- | out, away |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |