Where does “sfaxxament” come from?
sfaxxament (Maltese) comes from Italian sfasciamento, from Italian sfasciare, from Italian fasciare, from Latin fasciō, from Latin fascia, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.
sfaxxament (Maltese): dismantle, collapse, ruin, break-up
Definitions
- dismantle, collapse, ruin, break-up
Ancestry of “sfaxxament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sfasciamento | breaking, smashing, shattering; collapse, ruin,... |
| 2 | Italian | sfasciare | to unbandage, unwind; to break, smash, shatter,... |
| 3 | Italian | fasciare | to bind; to bandage; to tape up |
| 4 | Latin | fasciō | to envelop with bands, swathe |
| 5 | Latin | fascia | band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |