Where does “cucchiara” come from?
cucchiara (Italian) comes from Sicilian cucchiara, from Spanish cuchara, from Spanish cuchar, from Spanish cucho, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
cucchiara (Italian): Alternative form of cucchiaia
Definitions
- Alternative form of cucchiaia
Ancestry of “cucchiara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | cucchiara | spoon |
| 2 | Spanish | cuchara | spoon; cunt |
| 3 | Spanish | cuchar | spoon; to dress with manure |
| 4 | Spanish | cucho | Sound used to call a cat |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |