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Where does “boscaglia” come from?

boscaglia (Italian) comes from Italian bosco, from Latin busca, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

boscaglia (Italian): brush, scrub, thicket

Definitions

  1. brush, scrub, thicket

Ancestry of “boscaglia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianboscowood
2Latinbusca—
3Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
4Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
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