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Where does “orlo” come from?

orlo (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin orulus, from Latin ōra, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

orlo (Italian): border, edge, margin, brink, verge; the milled...

Definitions

  1. border, edge, margin, brink, verge; the milled...

Ancestry of “orlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinorulus—
2Latinōra—
3Latinōs—
4Proto-Italicōs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “orlo”

  • orliccio
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