Where does “straccivendolo” come from?
straccivendolo (Italian) comes from Italian straccio, from Italian stracciare, from Vulgar Latin extractiare, from Latin extractus, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.
straccivendolo (Italian): ragman, ragpicker, rag and bone man
Definitions
- ragman, ragpicker, rag and bone man
Ancestry of “straccivendolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | straccio | rag; mop, duster; wretch |
| 2 | Italian | stracciare | to tear or rip flesh; to tear up or rip up |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | extractiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | extractus | extracted, removed, eradicated, prolonged |
| 5 | Latin | extrāhō | — |
| 6 | Latin | trahō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵʰ- | to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag |