Where does “grattare” come from?

grattare (Italian) comes from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

grattare (Italian): to scratch, to scrape; to grate; "but takes avere...

Definitions

  1. to scratch, to scrape; to grate; "but takes avere...

Ancestry of “grattare”, step by step

grattare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian capo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
2Vulgar Latincapus—
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Frankish krattōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishkrattōnto scratch, scrawl
2Proto-Germanickrattōnąto scratch, scrawl
3Proto-Indo-Europeangred-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “grattare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →