Where does “tossicodipendenza” come from?
tossicodipendenza (Italian) comes from Italian dipendenza, from Italian dipendere, from Spanish depender, from Latin dependeo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
tossicodipendenza (Italian): drug addiction
Ancestry of “tossicodipendenza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dipendenza | dependency, dependence |
| 2 | Italian | dipendere | to depend , to be up to , to hang , to come from,... |
| 3 | Spanish | depender | to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to... |
| 4 | Latin | dependeo | I hang down, from or on; I wait for; I am... |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |