Where does “tegular” come from?

tegular (English) comes from Latin tēgulāris, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tegular (English): Resembling or relating to a tile; arranged like...

Definitions

  1. Resembling or relating to a tile; arranged like...

Ancestry of “tegular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēgulāris—
2Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tegular”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →