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ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dape.

meal, banquet, feast

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈda.pe/

  1. meal, banquet, feast

    feminine · literary · obsolete

  2. aliment, nourishment

    feminine · figuratively · literary · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps ~ *dh₂pés Proto-Italic *daps Latin dapembor. Italian dape Borrowed from Latin dapem (“sacrificial feast”), from Proto-Italic *daps, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps, derived from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice; to lose”).

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