Where does “colubrina” come from?

colubrina (Italian) comes from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

colubrina (Italian): culverin

Definitions

  1. culverin

Ancestry of “colubrina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolubraa female snake, serpent; snake, serpent
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “colubrina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin colubra →
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