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Where does “villeggiare” come from?

villeggiare (Italian) comes from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

villeggiare (Italian): To holiday

Definitions

  1. To holiday

Ancestry of “villeggiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-eggiareUsed to form verbs from adjectives or nouns
2Latin-izāre—
3Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
4Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
5Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
6Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “villeggiare”

  • villeggiatura
  • villeggiatura
  • villégiature
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