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Where does “scatolato” come from?

scatolato (Italian) comes from Italian scatola, from Latin castula, from Latin castus, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

scatolato (Italian): boxed in

Definitions

  1. boxed in

Ancestry of “scatolato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscatolabox; tin, can
2LatincastulaA kind of petticoat used by women
3Latincastusmorally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from...
4Latincareō—
5Proto-Italickazēōto lack
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-éh₁-ye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
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