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Where does “impigliamento” come from?

impigliamento (Italian) comes from Italian impigliare, from Italian pigliare, from Vulgar Latin piliare, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.

impigliamento (Italian): entanglement

Definitions

  1. entanglement

Ancestry of “impigliamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianimpigliareTo catch or entangle
2ItalianpigliareSynonym of prendere
3Vulgar Latinpiliare—
4Latinpilāre—
5Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
6Latinpīlus—
7Latinpīlum—
8Proto-Italicpistlom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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