nuotare

Etymology
From older, from , from. Compare 🇨🇬.

The original Italian had no diphthong in the infinitive, but it did have conjugations such as, reflecting the regular diphthongization of Latin /ŏ/ in a stressed open syllable. Eventually the diphthong spread to all forms of the verb, including the infinitive.

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Verb

 * 1)  to swim
 * 2)  to float