Where does “abbissu” come from?

abbissu (Sicilian) comes from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

abbissu (Sicilian): abyss

Definitions

  1. abyss

Ancestry of “abbissu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabyssusan abyss
2Ancient Greekἄβυσσοςbottomless, boundless; unfathomable; bottomless...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “abbissu

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