Where does “coltelleria” come from?

coltelleria (Italian) comes from Italian coltello, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

coltelleria (Italian): cutlery shop; cutlery

Definitions

  1. cutlery shop; cutlery

Ancestry of “coltelleria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancoltelloknife
2Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →