Where does “stilli” come from?
stilli (Italian) comes from Italian stillare, from Latin stillo, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
stilli (Italian): inflection of stillare: ## second-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of stillare: ## second-person singular...
Ancestry of “stilli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | stillare | to drip; to ooze; to distil or filter |
| 2 | Latin | stillo | I drip, drop, trickle; I distil |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |