avvicinare etymology

Italian word avvicinare comes from Italian -are, Italian vicino (Neighbour, neighbourhood Near, close (with a) near.), Italian a- (Ad- (indication direction) A- (indicating lack or loss).)

Detailed word origin of avvicinare

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-are Italian (ita) Used to form adjectives from nouns. Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most regular verbs.
vicino Italian (ita) Neighbour, neighbourhood Near, close (with a) near.
a- Italian (ita) Ad- (indication direction) A- (indicating lack or loss).
avvicinare Italian (ita) (transitive) to approach, come up, accost, have to do with. (transitive) to move near, move closer, bring near.

Words with the same origin as avvicinare

Descendants of -are
abbraccio aggiustare ammazzare arrabbiare assaggiare assaggio assicurare assicurato assicurazione avvicinarsi beccare fidanzamento fidanzato imbarazzo impiccato innamorato pranzare ragionare rischiare sbrigare scoppiare spostare superare tramonto
Descendants of vicino
avvicinamento
Descendants of a-
abbasso accadere addosso affare aggiornare aggiustato approfittare attirare