Where does “Lametta” come from?
Lametta (German) comes from Italian lametta, from Italian lama, from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
Lametta (German): lametta, tinsel
Definitions
- lametta, tinsel
Ancestry of “Lametta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lametta | razor blade |
| 2 | Italian | lama | blade; lama; llama |
| 3 | French | lamé | past participle of lamer |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |