Where does “nettatura” come from?
nettatura (Italian) comes from Italian nettare, from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ, from Proto-Indo-European néḱtr̥h₂, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.
nettatura (Italian): cleaning
Ancestry of “nettatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | nettare | nectar; to clean, clean up |
| 2 | Latin | nectar | nectar; first-person singular future passive... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέκταρ | nectar, the specific nourishment of the gods |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | néḱtr̥h₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |