Where does “coldiretto” come from?
coldiretto (Italian) comes from Italian coltivatore, from Italian coltivare, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Ancestry of “coldiretto”, step by step
coldiretto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian coltivatore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | coltivatore | grower, cultivator, farmer |
| 2 | Italian | coltivare | to cultivate or grow |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Italian diretto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | diretto | direct, straight, immediate; addressed, intended;... |
| 2 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 3 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |