Where does “Cuneo” come from?
Cuneo (Italian) comes from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
Ancestry of “Cuneo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
Words derived from “Cuneo”