Where does “retta” come from?
retta (Italian) comes from Italian linea retta, from Italian linea, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
retta (Italian): straight line; fee; feminine singular of retto
Definitions
- straight line; fee; feminine singular of retto
Ancestry of “retta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | linea retta | straight line |
| 2 | Italian | linea | line; dash; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 4 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “retta”