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Italianate.

Italian in style or character.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Italian in style or character.

  2. Pertaining to a style of Latin pronunciation imitating the modern Roman dialect of Italian, originally popularized outside of Italy by ultramontane Roman Catholics in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Italian Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English Italianate From Italian + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

verb

  1. To Italianize.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Italian Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English Italianate From Italian + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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