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Where does “strage” come from?

strage (Italian) comes from Latin strages, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strage (Italian): A massacre, a mass murder, a butchery, a...

Definitions

  1. A massacre, a mass murder, a butchery, a...

Ancestry of “strage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstragesoverthrow; confusion; defeat, slaughter,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strage”

  • stragismo
  • ecostrage
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