Where does “cucciolata” come from?

cucciolata (Italian) comes from Italian -ata, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

cucciolata (Italian): litter (of newborn animals)

Definitions

  1. litter (of newborn animals)

Ancestry of “cucciolata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ataUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
2Italian-atoUsed with a stem to form the past participle of...
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Italian -ata →