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Where does “travolgimento” come from?

travolgimento (Italian) comes from Italian travolgere, 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.

travolgimento (Italian): overwhelming, overturning

Definitions

  1. overwhelming, overturning

Ancestry of “travolgimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantravolgereto sweep away; to run over; to overwhelm
2Italiantra-trans-; between, among
3Latintrāns—
4LatinPadus—
5LeponticBodincus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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