Where does “piegatrice” come from?
piegatrice (Italian) comes from Italian piegare, 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.
piegatrice (Italian): folder, bender
Ancestry of “piegatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | piegare | to fold; to fold up; to bend |
| 2 | Latin | plicare | present active infinitive of plicō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | plico | I fold, bend or flex; I roll up; I arrive |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | plekāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
Words derived from “piegatrice”