Where does “ċċessa” come from?

ċċessa (Maltese) comes from Italian cessare, from Latin cessāre.

ċċessa (Maltese): to drag anchor

Definitions

  1. to drag anchor

Ancestry of “ċċessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancessareto stop, to leave off, to cease; to abate, to die...
2Latincessāre—
Every word from Latin cessāre →Every word from Italian cessare →
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