Where does “stivale” come from?

stivale (Italian) comes from Old French estival, from Latin aestivālis, from Latin aestīvus, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

stivale (Italian): boot

Definitions

  1. boot

Ancestry of “stivale”, step by step

stivale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French estival

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestival—
2Latinaestivālissummer
3Latinaestīvussummer
4Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
5Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold

via Medieval Latin aestivale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinaestivalesummer shoe; soft summer shoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →Every word from Latin auctumnus →Every word from Latin autumnus →