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Where does “travagliatore” come from?

travagliatore (Italian) comes from Italian travagliare, from Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

travagliatore (Italian): tormentor

Definitions

  1. tormentor

Ancestry of “travagliatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantravagliareto trouble, afflict or torment; to suffer
2Old FrenchtravaillerAlternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to...
3Vulgar Latintripaliareto work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
4Latintripaliumtorture instrument; a torture instrument
5Latintripālis—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “travagliatore”

  • travagliatrice
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