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Where does “spodestamento” come from?

spodestamento (Italian) comes from Italian spodestare, from Italian podestà, from Italian potestà, from Latin potestas, from Proto-Italic potistāts.

spodestamento (Italian): dethronement, deposition; dispossession

Definitions

  1. dethronement, deposition; dispossession

Ancestry of “spodestamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspodestareto dethrone, depose; to oust; to deprive
2Italianpodestàpodesta: a high office in various medieval and...
3Italianpotestàpower, authority
4Latinpotestaspower, ability; mastery, control; authority,...
5Proto-Italicpotistāts—
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