Where does “sugherosità” come from?
sugherosità (Italian) comes from Italian sugheroso, 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- — six.
sugherosità (Italian): corkiness
Definitions
- corkiness
Ancestry of “sugherosità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sugheroso | corky, corklike |
| 2 | Italian | sughero | cork; cork oak |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *sūberus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sūber | cork oak, cork-tree |
| 5 | Old High German | sūbar | clean |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sūbrī | sober; clean |
| 7 | Latin | sōbrius | sober (not drunk) |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |