Where does “ditalini” come from?
ditalini (English) comes from Italian ditalini, from Italian ditalino, from Italian ditale, from Vulgar Latin digitale, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
ditalini (English): short pasta tubes with ribbed sides
Definitions
- short pasta tubes with ribbed sides
Ancestry of “ditalini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ditalini | plural of ditalino; ditalini |
| 2 | Italian | ditalino | Diminutive of ditale; short pasta ring with... |
| 3 | Italian | ditale | thimble; fingerstall; cot |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | digitale | nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | digitālis | — |
| 6 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |