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Where does “stupefare” come from?

stupefare (Italian) comes from Latin stupefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

stupefare (Italian): To stun or astound

Definitions

  1. To stun or astound

Ancestry of “stupefare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstupefaciō—
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “stupefare”

  • stupefazione
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →