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Where does “svezzare” come from?

svezzare (Italian) comes from Italian vezzo, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

svezzare (Italian): To wean

Definitions

  1. To wean

Ancestry of “svezzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvezzohabit, mannerism, quirk; bad habit; caress
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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