Where does “centella” come from?

centella (Catalan) comes from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

centella (Catalan): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “centella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscintillaspark; glimmer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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