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Where does “piastrellare” come from?

piastrellare (Italian) comes from Italian piastrella, from Italian piastra, from Italian impiastrare, from Latin emplastrare.

piastrellare (Italian): To tile; To bounce

Definitions

  1. To tile; To bounce

Ancestry of “piastrellare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiastrellatile
2Italianpiastrasheet, plate; slab; hotplate
3Italianimpiastrareto plaster, dirty or smear
4Latinemplastrare—

Words derived from “piastrellare”

  • piastrellamento
  • piastrellista
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