Where does “squalo” come from?

squalo (Italian) comes from Latin squalus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

squalo (Italian): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “squalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsqualusa kind of sea fish, thought to be a shark;...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

Words derived from “squalo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Latin squalus →