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Where does “snocciolare” come from?

snocciolare (Italian) comes from Italian nocciolo, from Italian nocciola, from Vulgar Latin nuceola, from Latin nuceus, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

snocciolare (Italian): to stone; to pit; to rattle off; to reel off; to...

Definitions

  1. to stone; to pit; to rattle off; to reel off; to...

Ancestry of “snocciolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannocciolostone, kernel; core, heart; hazel
2Italiannocciolahazelnut, filbert; hazel
3Vulgar Latinnuceola—
4Latinnuceus—
5LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
6Proto-Italicknuks—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “snocciolare”

  • snocciolatore
  • snocciolatura
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