Where does “trafiggere” come from?

trafiggere (Italian) comes from Latin transfigo, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

trafiggere (Italian): to pierce; to produce a sharp, acute, or stabbing...

Definitions

  1. to pierce; to produce a sharp, acute, or stabbing...

Ancestry of “trafiggere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintransfigoI thrust through; I transfix
2Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
3Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “trafiggere

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō