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-.
aglio (Italian): garlic
Ancestry of “aglio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | alium | garlic, onion; accusative masculine singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | aljos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |
Words derived from “aglio”