Where does “zooforo” come from?

zooforo (Italian) comes from Italian foro, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

zooforo (Italian): zoophoric; zoophorous

Definitions

  1. zoophoric; zoophorous

Ancestry of “zooforo”, step by step

zooforo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian foro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforoforum; court; hole
2Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
3Proto-Italic*foromforum

via Italian zoo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzoozoo
Every word from Proto-Italic *forom →Every word from Latin forum →Every word from Italian foro →
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