Where does “ovile” come from?

ovile (Italian) comes from Latin ovile, from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

ovile (Italian): fold

Definitions

  1. fold

Ancestry of “ovile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovilea sheepfold
2Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
3Proto-Italicowissheep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis →Every word from Proto-Italic owis →Every word from Latin ovis →