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Where does “spillatrice” come from?

spillatrice (Italian) comes from Italian spillare, from Italian spillo, from Italian spilla, from Vulgar Latin spinla, from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

spillatrice (Italian): stapler; Synonym of spillatore

Definitions

  1. stapler; Synonym of spillatore

Ancestry of “spillatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspillareto staple; to tap; to get or steal little by...
2Italianspillopin; hatpin; tiepin
3Italianspillabrooch, broach, breastpin; scarfpin; pin
4Vulgar Latinspinla—
5Latinspīnula—
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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