Where does “uccidere” come from?
uccidere (Italian) comes from Old Italian occidere, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
uccidere (Italian): to kill
Definitions
- to kill
Ancestry of “uccidere”, step by step
uccidere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Italian occidere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | occidere | — |
| 2 | Latin | occidō | to fall down |
| 3 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 4 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Latin occisus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | occisus | felled, having been felled, cut to the ground,... |