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Where does “monoalbero” come from?

monoalbero (Italian) comes from Italian albero, from Vulgar Latin albarus, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

monoalbero (Italian): single-camshaft

Definitions

  1. single-camshaft

Ancestry of “monoalbero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalberotree; mast; shaft, spindle
2Vulgar Latinalbarus—
3LatinAlbus—
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
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