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Where does “ucciso” come from?

ucciso (Italian) comes from Italian uccidere, 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 — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ucciso (Italian): past participle of uccidere; victim; the dead

Definitions

  1. past participle of uccidere; victim; the dead

Ancestry of “ucciso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuccidereto kill
2Old Italianoccidere—
3Latinoccidō—
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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