Where does “corvetta” come from?
corvetta (Italian) comes from French corvette, from Middle Dutch korf, from Latin corbis, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
corvetta (Italian): corvette, sloop
Definitions
- corvette, sloop
Ancestry of “corvetta”, step by step
corvetta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French corvette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | corvette | corvette |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | korf | — |
| 3 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Italian curva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | curva | bend, curve, trajectory; The bank of seats at the... |
| 2 | Latin | curva | nominative feminine singular of curvus;... |
| 3 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |