Where does “'mmito” come from?

'mmito (Neapolitan) comes from Italian invito, from Italian invitare, from Latin invito — I invite; I challenge.

'mmito (Neapolitan): invitation

Definitions

  1. invitation

Ancestry of “'mmito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinvitoinvitation; request, call; bevelled or chamfered...
2Italianinvitareto invite
3LatininvitoI invite; I challenge
Every word from Latin invito
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