viatico

See also: viático

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viāticum (“provision for a journey”), from the adjective viāticus (“pertaining to a journey”). Doublet of viaggio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viˈa.ti.ko/[1]
  • Rhymes: -atiko
  • Hyphenation: vi‧à‧ti‧co

Noun

viatico m (plural viatici)

  1. the communion administered as part of the last rites
  2. comfort or reassurance before an undertaking
  3. (idiomatic) stepping stone

References
  1. viatico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

viāticō

  1. dative/ablative singular of viāticum

Portuguese

Verb

viatico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of viaticar
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