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Where does “strizzatoio” come from?

strizzatoio (Italian) comes from Italian strizzare, from Latin strictiāre, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

strizzatoio (Italian): mangle; wringer

Definitions

  1. mangle; wringer

Ancestry of “strizzatoio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstrizzareto wring or wring out; to squeeze or squish
2Latinstrictiāre—
3Latinstrictustightened, compressed, having been tightened;...
4Latinstringeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinstringoI press, tighten, compress; I unsheath
6Proto-Italicstringō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
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