Where does “culminale” come from?

culminale (Italian) comes from Italian culmine, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

culminale (Italian): summital, culminal, cacuminal

Definitions

  1. summital, culminal, cacuminal

Ancestry of “culminale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianculminesummit, top, peak
2Latinculmenstalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin culmen →