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scelto.

chosen

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʃel.to/

  1. chosen

  2. selected

  3. top quality; exquisite

Where this word comes from

Past participle of scegliere, corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *exeltus, from *exelctus, from *exēlēctus, from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + ēlēctus (“picked, chosen, elected”). Compare Sicilian sceltu, scertu, Venetan sièlto, Friulian sielt; see also French élit.

verb/ˈʃel.to/

  1. past participle of scegliere

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Past participle of scegliere, corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *exeltus, from *exelctus, from *exēlēctus, from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + ēlēctus (“picked, chosen, elected”). Compare Sicilian sceltu, scertu, Venetan sièlto, Friulian sielt; see also French élit.

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