Where does “semiretta” come from?

semiretta (Italian) comes from Italian retta, from Italian linea retta, from Italian linea, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

semiretta (Italian): ray

Definitions

  1. ray

Ancestry of “semiretta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrettastraight line; fee; feminine singular of retto
2Italianlinea rettastraight line
3Italianlinealine; dash; third-person singular present...
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →