Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “spicastro” come from?

spicastro (Italian) comes from Italian -astro, from Latin -astrum, from Latin -aster — pater + API → patraster.

spicastro (Italian): spikelike inflorescence

Definitions

  1. spikelike inflorescence

Ancestry of “spicastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-astro
2Latin-astrum—
3Latin-asterpater + API → patraster
Every word from Latin -aster →