Where does “stiracchiabile” come from?
stiracchiabile (Italian) comes from Italian stiracchiare, from Italian stirare, from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
stiracchiabile (Italian): stretchable
Ancestry of “stiracchiabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | stiracchiare | To stretch; To force, distort or twist; To... |
| 2 | Italian | stirare | to iron; to stretch |
| 3 | Italian | s- | un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato |
| 4 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |