Where does “agliaio” come from?

agliaio (Italian) comes from Italian aglio, from Latin alium, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

agliaio (Italian): garlic bed; garlic field

Definitions

  1. garlic bed; garlic field

Ancestry of “agliaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagliogarlic
2Latinaliumgarlic, onion; accusative masculine singular of...
3Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
4Proto-Italicaljosanother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →