Where does “prosciuttato” come from?
prosciuttato (Italian) comes from Italian prosciutto, from Italian asciutto, from Latin exsūctus, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
prosciuttato (Italian): larded with prosciutto
Ancestry of “prosciuttato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | prosciutto | ham |
| 2 | Italian | asciutto | dry; curt, abrupt, sharp; lean, thin |
| 3 | Latin | exsūctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |