Where does “rettilario” come from?

rettilario (Italian) comes from Italian rettile, from Late Latin reptile, from Latin reptilis, from Latin rēpō, from Proto-Italic rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- — to creep.

rettilario (Italian): in a zoo, reptile house or department

Definitions

  1. in a zoo, reptile house or department

Ancestry of “rettilario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrettilereptile
2Late Latinreptileneuter nominative singular of rēptilis; neuter...
3Latinreptiliscreeping, crawling
4Latinrēpōto creep, crawl
5Proto-Italicrēpō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁p-to creep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁p- →Every word from Proto-Italic rēpō →Every word from Latin rēpō →