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Where does “travolgere” come from?

travolgere (Italian) comes from Italian tra-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

travolgere (Italian): to sweep away; to run over; to overwhelm

Definitions

  1. to sweep away; to run over; to overwhelm

Ancestry of “travolgere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantra-trans-; between, among
2Latintrāns—
3LatinPadus—
4LeponticBodincus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “travolgere”

  • travolgimento
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