Where does “coltello” come from?

coltello (Italian) comes 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.

coltello (Italian): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “coltello”, step by step

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

Words derived from “coltello”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →