Where does “alettare” come from?

alettare (Italian) comes from English Aletta, from Italian ala, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

alettare (Italian): to fin

Definitions

  1. to fin

Ancestry of “alettare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAletta
2Italianalawing; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
4Latinaxla
5LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
6Proto-Italicaksis
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-Every word from Proto-Italic aksis