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Where does “sprecare” come from?

sprecare (Italian) comes from Latin disperdere, from Latin disperdo, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

sprecare (Italian): to waste; to squander

Definitions

  1. to waste; to squander

Ancestry of “sprecare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindisperderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatindisperdoI destroy or ruin
3LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
4Latin-dō—
5Proto-Germanic-dô—
6Siciliandi—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “sprecare”

  • sprecona
  • sprecone
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