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.

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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
4LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
5Proto-Italiclukʷos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →