Where does “racchetta da neve” come from?

racchetta da neve (Italian) comes from Italian racchetta, from French raquette, from Middle French rachette, from Latin racheta, from Latin rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة — palm of the hand; ease, relief; comfort;...

racchetta da neve (Italian): snowshoe

Definitions

  1. snowshoe

Ancestry of “racchetta da neve”, step by step

racchetta da neve traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian racchetta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianracchettaracket; bat, paddle; ping-pong bat
2Frenchraquetteracket; snowshoe
3Middle Frenchrachette
4Latinracheta
5Latinrasca
6Arabicرَاحَةpalm of the hand; ease, relief; comfort;...

via Italian neve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannevesnow
2Latinnixsnow; white hair
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Italian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianthird-person singular present of dare;...
2Latinābfrom, away from, out of
3Proto-Germanic*ab
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó
Every word from Arabic رَاحَة