Etymology

ingannation

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Today it means: Cheating; deception. Full definition →

Italian ingannazione ← Vulgar Latin ingannāre ← Latin gannō
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  1. Latin · derived fromgannō
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromingannāre
  3. Italian · borrowed fromingannazione
  4. English todayingannation

From Italian ingannazione, nominal form derived from ingannare (“deceive, cheat, betray”) from Vulgar Latin ingannāre, from Latin gannō.

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