Where does “scivolare” come from?
scivolare (Italian) comes from Latin exsibilare, from Latin exsibilo, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
scivolare (Italian): to slip, slither, slide or skid
Definitions
- to slip, slither, slide or skid
Ancestry of “scivolare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exsibilare | present active infinitive of exsībilō;... |
| 2 | Latin | exsibilo | I hiss out or forth |
| 3 | Latin | sībilō | to hiss |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |