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Where does “sughera” come from?

sughera (Italian) comes from Italian sughero, from Vulgar Latin *sūberus, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

sughera (Italian): cork oak

Definitions

  1. cork oak

Ancestry of “sughera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansugherocork; cork oak
2Vulgar Latin*sūberus—
3Latinsūber—
4Old High Germansūbar—
5Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
6Latinsōbrius—
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sughera”

  • sugheraio
  • sughereta
  • sughereto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →