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Where does “fiato” come from?

fiato (Italian) comes from Latin flātus, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fiato (Italian): breath; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. breath; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “fiato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflātus—
2Latinflō—
3Proto-Italicflāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →