Where does “Cucchiara” come from?
Cucchiara (English) comes from Italian cucchiara, from Sicilian cucchiara, from Spanish cuchara, from Spanish cuchar, from Spanish cucho, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
Ancestry of “Cucchiara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cucchiara | Alternative form of cucchiaia |
| 2 | Sicilian | cucchiara | spoon |
| 3 | Spanish | cuchara | spoon; cunt |
| 4 | Spanish | cuchar | spoon; to dress with manure |
| 5 | Spanish | cucho | Sound used to call a cat |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |