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Where does “soċjetà” come from?

soċjetà (Maltese) comes from Italian società, from Latin societās, from Latin socius, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

soċjetà (Maltese): society

Definitions

  1. society

Ancestry of “soċjetà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansocietàsociety, community; society, association, club,...
2Latinsocietās—
3Latinsociussharing, joining in, partaking, associated;...
4Ancient Greekπάθοςpain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,...
5Ancient Greekπάσχωto undergo, experience; have someone do something...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
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