Where does “mestolone” come from?

mestolone (Italian) comes from Italian mestolo, from Italian mestare, from Vulgar Latin mixtare, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mestolone (Italian): shoveler bird

Definitions

  1. shoveler bird

Ancestry of “mestolone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmestololadle, dipper, scoop
2Italianmestareto stir; to plot or scheme
3Vulgar Latinmixtare—
4Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
5Latinmiscēre—
Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Vulgar Latin mixtare →