Where does “scalpitamento” come from?
scalpitamento (Italian) comes from Italian scalpitare, from Vulgar Latin scalpitare, from Latin scalpere, from Latin scalpo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel(H)p-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
scalpitamento (Italian): pawing (of the ground, by a horse)
Definitions
- pawing (of the ground, by a horse)
Ancestry of “scalpitamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scalpitare | to paw; to be eager or raring; to tread |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | scalpitare | — |
| 3 | Latin | scalpere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | scalpo | I scratch; I carve or engrave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel(H)p- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |