Where does “sfogliatrice” come from?
sfogliatrice (Italian) comes from Italian sfogliare, from Italian foglia, from Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
sfogliatrice (Italian): stripper; veneer cutting machine
Definitions
- stripper; veneer cutting machine
Ancestry of “sfogliatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sfogliare | to pluck petals ; to prune; to leaf; to spall or... |
| 2 | Italian | foglia | leaf |
| 3 | Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |