Where does “monorotaia” come from?
monorotaia (Italian) comes from Italian rotaia, from Italian rota, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.
monorotaia (Italian): monorail
Ancestry of “monorotaia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rotaia | rail; wheel rut |
| 2 | Italian | rota | Archaic form of ruota; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |