Where does “piegare” come from?

piegare (Italian) comes from Latin plicare, from Latin plico, from Proto-Italic plekāō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

piegare (Italian): to fold; to fold up; to bend

Definitions

  1. to fold; to fold up; to bend

Ancestry of “piegare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplicarepresent active infinitive of plicō; second-person...
2LatinplicoI fold, bend or flex; I roll up; I arrive
3Proto-Italicplekāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “piegare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic plekāō →