Where does “altocumulo” come from?

altocumulo (Italian) comes from Italian cumulo, from Latin cumulus, from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.

altocumulo (Italian): altocumulus

Definitions

  1. altocumulus

Ancestry of “altocumulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancumuloheap, pile; cumulus; mound
2Latincumulusheap, pile; surplus; summit
3Proto-Indo-Europeanku-m-olo—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewh₁-to swell; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo →Every word from Latin cumulus →