Where does “perlustro” come from?
perlustro (Italian) comes from Italian perlustrare, from Latin perlustro, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewkstrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.
perlustro (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “perlustro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | perlustrare | To scour, patrol, reconnoitre |
| 2 | Latin | perlustro | to go over, wander, traverse |
| 3 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 4 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 5 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |