Where does “rastrellare” come from?
rastrellare (Italian) comes from Italian rastrello, from Latin rāstellus, from Latin raster, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
rastrellare (Italian): to rake; to comb
Definitions
- to rake; to comb
Ancestry of “rastrellare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rastrello | rake; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | rāstellus | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 3 | Latin | raster | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rāstrum | rake, hoe, mattock |
| 5 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -trom | suffix forming instrument nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |