atavo

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin atavus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ta.vo/
  • Rhymes: -atavo
  • Hyphenation: à‧ta‧vo

Noun[edit]

atavo m (plural atavi, feminine atava)

  1. (literary, rare) great-great-great-grandfather
  2. (in the plural) ancestor
    Synonyms: avi, ascendenti, antenati

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

atavō

  1. dative/ablative singular of atavus