Where does “semialbero” come from?

semialbero (Italian) comes from Italian albero, from Vulgar Latin albarus, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

semialbero (Italian): half shaft

Definitions

  1. half shaft

Ancestry of “semialbero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalberotree; mast; shaft, spindle
2Vulgar Latinalbarus—
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →