Where does “ragnatela” come from?

ragnatela (Italian) comes from Italian tela, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

ragnatela (Italian): web; cobweb

Definitions

  1. web; cobweb

Ancestry of “ragnatela”, step by step

ragnatela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian tela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelacloth; canvas; curtain
2Latintēlaweb
3Old Dutchtegela—
4Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
5Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
6Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
7Latintegōto cover; to clothe
8Proto-Italictegōcover
9Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Italian ragna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianragnaspider's web; cobweb; pitfall
2Latinarāneaspider
3Ancient Greekἀράχνηspider; a spider's web

Words derived from “ragnatela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →