Where does “scariole” come from?
scariole (English) comes from Italian scariola, from Late Latin escariola, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scariole (English): Synonym of endive
Ancestry of “scariole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | scariola | Alternative form of scarola |
| 2 | Late Latin | escariola | edible lettuce |
| 3 | Latin | ēsca | — |
| 4 | Latin | edō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |