Where does “capovaccaio” come from?

capovaccaio (Italian) comes from Italian vaccaio, from Latin vaccārius, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

capovaccaio (Italian): Egyptian vulture

Definitions

  1. Egyptian vulture

Ancestry of “capovaccaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvaccaiocowherd
2Latinvaccāriusof or pertaining to a cow
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Latin vaccārius →