Where does “tossinfezione” come from?
tossinfezione (Italian) comes from Italian infezione, from Latin infectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
tossinfezione (Italian): toxic infection
Definitions
- toxic infection
Ancestry of “tossinfezione”, step by step
tossinfezione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian infezione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | infezione | infection |
| 2 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian tossico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tossico | toxic, poisonous; poison; Any substance harmful... |
| 2 | Latin | toxicus | toxic; poisonous |
| 3 | Latin | toxicum | a poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τοξικόν | poison used on the tips of arrows |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τοξικός | of or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |