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Where does “vedete” come from?

vedete (Spanish) comes from French vedette, from Italian vedetta, from Italian veletta, from Italian velettare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

vedete (Spanish): protagonist, star; standout

Definitions

  1. protagonist, star; standout

Ancestry of “vedete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvedettestar; flagship; headword
2Italianvedettalookout; patrol ship
3Italianvelettaveil; third-person singular present indicative of...
4ItalianvelettareTo wear a veil
5Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
6Latin-ō—
7Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “vedete”

  • vedetismo
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