Where does “caterva” come from?
caterva (Italian) comes from Latin caterva, from Proto-Italic *katerwā.
caterva (Italian): multitude
Ancestry of “caterva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | caterva | a crowd, a band, a troop; vocative singular of... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *katerwā | — |