Where does “cavatappi” come from?
cavatappi (Italian) comes from Italian cavare, from Latin cavō, from Latin cavus, from Proto-Italic kawos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱowh₁ós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.
cavatappi (Italian): corkscrew
Definitions
- corkscrew
Ancestry of “cavatappi”, step by step
cavatappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cavare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cavare | to take out, pull out, or extract forcefully; to... |
| 2 | Latin | cavō | to make hollow, hollow out, excavate |
| 3 | Latin | cavus | hollow, concave; excavated, channeled;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kawos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱowh₁ós | hollow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewh₁- | to swell; to be strong |