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Where does “alzatore” come from?

alzatore (Italian) comes from Italian alzare, from Vulgar Latin altiare, from Latin altus, from Proto-Italic altos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

alzatore (Italian): setter

Definitions

  1. setter

Ancestry of “alzatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalzareto lift , to raise, to heave; to raise, to put...
2Vulgar Latinaltiare—
3Latinaltushigh, tall; deep; profound
4Proto-Italicaltos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →