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Where does “cavigliere” come from?

cavigliere (Italian) comes from Italian caviglia, from Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin cavicla, from Latin cāvicula, from Latin clāvicula, from Latin clāvis, from Ancient Greek κλείς, from Proto-Hellenic klāwī́ds — nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...

cavigliere (Italian): pegbox; plural of cavigliera

Definitions

  1. pegbox; plural of cavigliera

Ancestry of “cavigliere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavigliaankle; pin, peg
2Old Occitancavilla—
3Vulgar Latincavicla—
4Latincāvicula—
5Latinclāvicula—
6Latinclāvis—
7Ancient GreekκλείςSomething used to lock/unlock: key, bolt, bar; A...
8Proto-Hellenicklāwī́ds—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂u-nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...
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