Where does “assottigliare” come from?
assottigliare (Italian) comes from Italian sottile, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
assottigliare (Italian): to thin; to sharpen; to make look slimmer
Definitions
- to thin; to sharpen; to make look slimmer
Ancestry of “assottigliare”, step by step
assottigliare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian sottile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sottile | thin; slim, slender; fine |
| 2 | Latin | subtīlis | fine, thin, slender |
| 3 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 7 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 8 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Italian A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | A | when followed by a number |
| 2 | Latin | A | — |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
via Late Latin subtiliare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | subtiliare | present active infinitive of subtīliō |