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Where does “ubriacare” come from?

ubriacare (Italian) comes from Italian ubriaco, from Latin ēbriācus, from Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European h₁egʷʰ- — to drink.

ubriacare (Italian): to get drunk; to intoxicate

Definitions

  1. to get drunk; to intoxicate

Ancestry of “ubriacare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianubriacodrunk, drunkard, winesop, wino; blotto; drunkard
2Latinēbriācus—
3Latinēbrius—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁egʷʰ-to drink

Words derived from “ubriacare”

  • ubriacamento
  • ubriacatore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁egʷʰ- →