Where does “scopa” come from?

scopa (Italian) comes from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.

scopa (Italian): broom, besom; a Neapolitan card game; briar, tree...

Definitions

  1. broom, besom; a Neapolitan card game; briar, tree...

Ancestry of “scopa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscōpabranch of a plant
2Proto-Italic*skōpā—

Words derived from “scopa”

Every word from Proto-Italic *skōpā →Every word from Latin scōpa →