Where does “netturbino” come from?
netturbino (Italian) comes from Italian nettezza, from Italian netto, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-, from Cebuano -hi.
netturbino (Italian): street cleaner
Definitions
- street cleaner
Ancestry of “netturbino”, step by step
netturbino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian nettezza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | nettezza | cleanness, cleanliness |
| 2 | Italian | netto | clear; net; clearly |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 4 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 5 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 8 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Italian urbano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | urbano | urban; urbane |
| 2 | Latin | Urbānus | of or belonging to a city; urban |
| 3 | Latin | urbs | a city, walled town; the City, Rome |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | worβis | city |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werbʰ- | to enclose |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werb- | to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |