Where does “asciare” come from?
asciare (Italian) comes from Latin afflō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
asciare (Italian): to hew
Definitions
- to hew
Ancestry of “asciare”, step by step
asciare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin afflō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | afflō | to blow, breathe (on or towards) |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian ascia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ascia | axe, adze; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | ascia | an axe; a mason's trowel |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂egʷs-ih₂- | axe |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |