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Where does “nessile” come from?

nessile (Italian) comes from Italian Nesso, from Latin nexūs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nessile (Italian): braided; knotted together

Definitions

  1. braided; knotted together

Ancestry of “nessile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianNesso—
2Latinnexūs—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →