Where does “affienare” come from?
affienare (Italian) comes from Italian fieno, from Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, from Latin volvere, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
affienare (Italian): to leave fallow; to feed hay to an animal
Definitions
- to leave fallow; to feed hay to an animal
Ancestry of “affienare”, step by step
affienare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian fieno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fieno | hay; Alternative form of fiano, third-person... |
| 2 | Italian | voltare | to turn; to flip; to make turn; to rotate |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *volvitare | — |
| 4 | Latin | volvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |
via Italian are
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | are | Archaic form of aere; plural of ara |
| 2 | Italian | aere | air; appearance, aspect; nature, disposition |
| 3 | Old French | aire | appearance; semblance |
| 4 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |