Where does “ruscellamento” come from?
ruscellamento (Italian) comes from Italian ruscellare, from Italian ruscello, from Vulgar Latin *rivuscellum, from Latin *rīvusculum, from Latin rīvus, from Proto-Italic rīwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃riH-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reyH- — to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,...
ruscellamento (Italian): stream (of material)
Definitions
- stream (of material)
Ancestry of “ruscellamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ruscellare | to stream, to flow in streams |
| 2 | Italian | ruscello | stream, brook |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *rivuscellum | — |
| 4 | Latin | *rīvusculum | little stream |
| 5 | Latin | rīvus | a small stream; brook, stream, rivulet |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rīwos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃riH-wó-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reyH- | to move, set in motion |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |