Where does “stratocumulo” come from?
stratocumulo (Italian) comes from Italian cumulo, from Latin cumulus, from Proto-Indo-European ku-m-olo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.
stratocumulo (Italian): stratocumulus
Ancestry of “stratocumulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cumulo | heap, pile; cumulus; mound |
| 2 | Latin | cumulus | heap, pile; surplus; summit |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ku-m-olo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewh₁- | to swell; to be strong |