Where does “svampito” come from?

svampito (Italian) comes from Italian svampire, from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

svampito (Italian): absent-minded; empty-headed; airhead

Definitions

  1. absent-minded; empty-headed; airhead

Ancestry of “svampito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliansvampireTo die down, fade, wane
2Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Italian s- →