Where does “cuneato” come from?
cuneato (Italian) comes from Latin cuneatus, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
cuneato (Italian): wedge-shaped; cuneate
Ancestry of “cuneato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cuneatus | wedged; wedge-shaped |
| 2 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
Words derived from “cuneato”