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Where does “lanosità” come from?

lanosità (Italian) comes from Latin lanositas, from Latin lanosus, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

lanosità (Italian): woolliness

Definitions

  1. woolliness

Ancestry of “lanosità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanositaswoolliness
2Latinlanosuswoolly
3Latinlāna—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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