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
Ancestry of “svellere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | exvellere | — |
| 2 | Latin | vellere | ablative singular of vellus; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | welnō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |
Words derived from “svellere”