Where does “spillare” come from?
spillare (Italian) comes from Italian spillo, from Italian spilla, from Vulgar Latin spinla, from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
spillare (Italian): to staple; to tap; to get or steal little by...
Definitions
- to staple; to tap; to get or steal little by...
Ancestry of “spillare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spillo | pin; hatpin; tiepin |
| 2 | Italian | spilla | brooch, broach, breastpin; scarfpin; pin |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | spinla | — |
| 4 | Latin | spīnula | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “spillare”