Where does “rastella” come from?
rastella (Cornish) comes from Cornish rastell, from Latin rāstellus, from Latin raster, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
rastella (Cornish): to grill
Definitions
- to grill
Ancestry of “rastella”, step by step
rastella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish rastell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | rastell | rake |
| 2 | Latin | rāstellus | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 3 | Latin | raster | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rāstrum | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 5 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -trom | suffix forming instrument nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Cornish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | a | Marks the following verb to the preceding... |