Where does “avvitare” come from?

avvitare (Italian) comes from Italian vita, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

avvitare (Italian): to screw

Definitions

  1. to screw

Ancestry of “avvitare”, step by step

avvitare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvitalife; waist
2Latinvītalife
3Latinvīvōto live
4Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Italian vite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvitescrew; vine; plural of vita
2Latinvītisvine, grapevine
3Proto-Italic*wītis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéh₁itisthat which twines or bends; branch, switch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

Words derived from “avvitare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →