Where does “regatta” come from?

regatta (Swedish) comes from Italian regata, from Italian regattare, from Italian recatare.

regatta (Swedish): regatta

Definitions

  1. regatta

Ancestry of “regatta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianregataboat race, regatta; inflection of regatare: ##...
2Italianregattarecompete, haggle, sell at retail
3Italianrecatare—
Every word from Italian recatare →Every word from Italian regattare →Every word from Italian regata →
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