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Where does “elettrovalvola” come from?

elettrovalvola (Italian) comes from Italian valvola, from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

elettrovalvola (Italian): solenoid valve

Definitions

  1. solenoid valve

Ancestry of “elettrovalvola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvalvolavalve; fuse; valve, valvule
2Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
3Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
4Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →