Where does “fracasso” come from?
fracasso (Portuguese) comes from Italian fracasso, from Italian fracassare, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
fracasso (Portuguese): the sound of objects crashing; failure
Definitions
- the sound of objects crashing; failure
Ancestry of “fracasso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | fracasso | din, hullabaloo; crash; fracas |
| 2 | Italian | fracassare | To smash or shatter |
| 3 | Latin | infra | below |
| 4 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 5 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 6 | Latin | īnferō | — |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “fracasso”