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Where does “asciugatoio” come from?

asciugatoio (Italian) comes from Italian -toio, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

asciugatoio (Italian): towel; dryer; drying kiln

Definitions

  1. towel; dryer; drying kiln

Ancestry of “asciugatoio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-toioForms nouns, mostly derived from verbs, that are...
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →