Where does “sugherone” come from?

sugherone (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.

sugherone (Italian): poor-quality cork

Definitions

  1. poor-quality cork

Ancestry of “sugherone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansugherocork; cork oak
2Vulgar Latin*sūberus—
3Latinsūbercork oak, cork-tree
4Old High Germansūbarclean
5Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
6Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
7Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →