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Where does “stolido” come from?

stolido (Italian) comes from Latin stolidus, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stolido (Italian): foolish, stupid

Definitions

  1. foolish, stupid

Ancestry of “stolido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstolidusstupid, foolish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “stolido”

  • stolidaggine
  • stolidità
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