Where does “svellere” come from?

svellere (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin exvellere, from Latin vellere, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

svellere (Italian): to eradicate, to root

Definitions

  1. to eradicate, to root

Ancestry of “svellere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexvellere—
2Latinvellereablative singular of vellus; second-person...
3LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
4Proto-Italicwelnōto pull, tear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “svellere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Italic welnō →Every word from Latin vello →