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Where does “controdado” come from?

controdado (Italian) comes from Italian dado, from Vulgar Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

controdado (Italian): lock nut

Definitions

  1. lock nut

Ancestry of “controdado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandadodie, dice; any small cube-shaped object; stock...
2Vulgar Latindadu—
3Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
4Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
5Latindāre—
6Proto-Italicdidōgive
7Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →