Where does “stradista” come from?
stradista (Italian) comes from Italian strada, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
stradista (Italian): road racing cyclist
Ancestry of “stradista”, step by step