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Where does “stramazzone” come from?

stramazzone (Italian) comes from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

stramazzone (Italian): slump, collapse, heavy fall

Definitions

  1. slump, collapse, heavy fall

Ancestry of “stramazzone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “stramazzone”

  • stramazoun
  • estramaçon
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