Where does “cucurulla” come from?

cucurulla (Catalan) comes from Catalan -à, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cucurulla (Catalan): a long pointed hood, such as that worn by penitentes in Holy Week processions

Definitions

  1. a long pointed hood, such as that worn by penitentes in Holy Week processions

Ancestry of “cucurulla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-à-an; -ane
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Catalan -à →