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Where does “subcommissario” come from?

subcommissario (Italian) comes from Italian sub-, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

subcommissario (Italian): deputy commissioner or superintendent

Definitions

  1. deputy commissioner or superintendent

Ancestry of “subcommissario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansub-sub-
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →