Where does “callifugo” come from?

callifugo (Italian) comes from Italian calli, from Italian calle, from Latin callis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

callifugo (Italian): corn plaster

Definitions

  1. corn plaster

Ancestry of “callifugo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalliplural of calle; calli m; plural of callo
2Italiancallealley
3Latincallispath; rough, stony track
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Latin callis →Every word from Italian calle →