Where does “tarlatura” come from?

tarlatura (Italian) comes from Italian tarlare, from Italian tarlo, from Latin tărmus, from Latin tarmes, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tarlatura (Italian): woodworm (the holes, dust and damage, but not the insect itself)

Definitions

  1. woodworm (the holes, dust and damage, but not the insect itself)

Ancestry of “tarlatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantarlareTo have woodworm; To infest with woodworm; To...
2Italiantarlowoodworm; torment; first-person singular present...
3Latintărmus
4Latintarmesa worm that eats wood; a woodworm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-
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