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disco

Pronunciation: [ˈdɪs.koː]

“disco” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to learn
  2. to teach
  3. to study, practice

In Latin

  1. (Stricto sensu) memoriae mandare, id est: scientiam accipere, rem ignotam, aliquo docente, percipere, vel etiam meditando assequi.
  2. (Latiori sensu) personam aut rem.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *diskō, from earlier *dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European *di-dḱ-ské-ti, a reduplicated durative, inchoative and suffixed verb from the root *deḱ- (“to take”). The perfect form emerged from Proto-Italic *de-dok-ai, from Proto-Indo-European *de-dóḱ-e ~ *de-dḱ-ḗr, whence also Ancient Greek δέδεξο (dédexo) and Sanskrit ददाश (dadā́śa). The reduplicant vowel of the Latin perfect…

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