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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

Definitions

  1. wedge-shaped; cuneate

Ancestry of “cuneato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincuneatuswedged; wedge-shaped
2Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “cuneato”

  • cuneate
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