concionare (Italian)

Where does "concionare" come from?

The Italian verb 'concionare', meaning 'to harangue, to declaim' or 'to recite, to proclaim', descends directly from the Latin 'concionārī', which means 'to preach or harangue'[1].

Full etymology tree

• concionare (Italian), 'to harangue, to declaim'
  • inherited concionari (Latin), 'present active infinitive of concionor'

Sources

1. concionare (Italian) - Wiktionary

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