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Where does “nocciolina” come from?

nocciolina (Italian) comes from Italian nocciola, from Vulgar Latin nuceola, from Latin nuceus, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nocciolina (Italian): Diminutive of nocciola; peanut

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of nocciola; peanut

Ancestry of “nocciolina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannocciolahazelnut, filbert; hazel
2Vulgar Latinnuceola—
3Latinnuceus—
4LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
5Proto-Italicknuks—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
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