Where does “sterzare” come from?
sterzare (Italian) comes from Italian terzo, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
sterzare (Italian): to steer; to swerve
Ancestry of “sterzare”, step by step
sterzare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian terzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | terzo | third; uninvolved, neutral, third-party; others |
| 2 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Italian sterzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | sterzo | steering wheel; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Lombardic | sterz | handle of the plough |
Words derived from “sterzare”