Where does “baratro” come from?

baratro (Italian) comes from Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

baratro (Italian): precipice, chasm, abyss

Definitions

  1. precipice, chasm, abyss

Ancestry of “baratro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbarathrumchasm, pit; abyss, the lower world, hell; maw,...
2Ancient Greekβάραθρονgulf, cleft, pit; ruin, perdition; glutton,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάραθρον →Every word from Latin barathrum →
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