Where does “stivaletto” come from?

stivaletto (Italian) comes from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre, from Latin stīpō, from Proto-Indo-European stīpos, from Proto-Indo-European steip-.

stivaletto (Italian): ankle boot

Definitions

  1. ankle boot

Ancestry of “stivaletto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianStivalethe boot of Italy; Italy
2Italianstivahold; third-person singular present indicative of...
3ItalianstivareTo stow or load
4Latinstīpāre—
5Latinstīpōto crowd or press together, compress
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstīpos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stīpos →Every word from Latin stīpō →