Where does “escarole” come from?

escarole (French) 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.

escarole (French): Dated form of scarole

Definitions

  1. Dated form of scarole

Ancestry of “escarole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianscariolaAlternative form of scarola
2Late Latinescariolaedible lettuce
3Latinēscafood
4Latinedōto eat
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “escarole

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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