Where does “tortoreggiare” come from?
tortoreggiare (Italian) comes from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
tortoreggiare (Italian): to bill and coo coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating of birds
Definitions
- to bill and coo coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating of birds
Ancestry of “tortoreggiare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 2 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |