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Where does “zeppatura” come from?

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

zeppatura (Italian): wedging

Definitions

  1. wedging

Ancestry of “zeppatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianzeppareTo fill up completely; make chock full; To wedge
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →