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Where does “zampa” come from?

zampa (Italian) comes from Italian zampare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

zampa (Italian): an animal's leg; a paw; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. an animal's leg; a paw; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “zampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzampareto paw
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “zampa”

  • rinciampare
  • inciampare
  • zampare
  • zampa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →