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
- stapler; Synonym of spillatore
Ancestry of “spillatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spillare | to staple; to tap; to get or steal little by... |
| 2 | Italian | spillo | pin; hatpin; tiepin |
| 3 | Italian | spilla | brooch, broach, breastpin; scarfpin; pin |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | spinla | — |
| 5 | Latin | spīnula | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |