Where does “conio” come from?

conio (Italian) comes from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

conio (Italian): coining; die or stamp; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. coining; die or stamp; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “conio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “conio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū →Every word from Latin cuneus →