Where does “aglio” come from?

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

aglio (Italian): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “aglio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaliumgarlic, onion; accusative masculine singular of...
2Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
3Proto-Italicaljosanother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “aglio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →