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Where does “lupara bianca” come from?

lupara bianca (Italian) comes from Italian lupara, from Italian lupo, from Latin lupum, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupara bianca (Italian): A Mafia killing in which all traces of the body...

Definitions

  1. A Mafia killing in which all traces of the body...

Ancestry of “lupara bianca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianluparaThe content of a particular type of shotgun...
2Italianlupowolf
3Latinlupumaccusative singular of lupus
4LatinLupus—
5Proto-Italiclukʷos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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