sportello etymology

Italian word sportello comes from Italian s-, Italian portello (Door (at an entrance). Hatch (on a ship).)

Detailed word origin of sportello

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
s- Italian (ita) Reduced form of dis-.. Used as an intensifier.. Used in a privative sense: a-, de-, un-.. Used to derive verbs from a noun, adjective or verb.. Used to express a pejorative sense.. Used to form verbs that have a sense of undoing an action: de-, dis-, un-.. Used to form verbs with a sense of exit, separation: dis-, ex-, trans-.. Used to form words that have an opposing sense: un-, in-.
portello Italian (ita) Door (at an entrance). Hatch (on a ship).
sportello Italian (ita) Branch. Counter, desk, window. Door, wicket.

Words with the same origin as sportello

Descendants of s-
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