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Where does “zapponare” come from?

zapponare (Italian) comes from Italian zappone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

zapponare (Italian): To clear land using a mattock

Definitions

  1. To clear land using a mattock

Ancestry of “zapponare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzapponemattock
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “zapponare”

  • zapponatura
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