Where does “sputacchiare” come from?

sputacchiare (Italian) comes from Italian sputare, from Latin spūtāre, from Latin spuo, from Proto-Italic spujō, from Proto-Indo-European stpuH-ie- — to spit, spew.

sputacchiare (Italian): to spit

Definitions

  1. to spit

Ancestry of “sputacchiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansputareto spit
2Latinspūtāre
3LatinspuoI spit, spew
4Proto-Italicspujō
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanstpuH-ie-to spit, spew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stpuH-ie-Every word from Proto-Italic spujōEvery word from Latin spuo
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