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Where does “tassellatura” come from?

tassellatura (Italian) comes from Italian tassellare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

tassellatura (Italian): dowelling, plugging; tesselation

Definitions

  1. dowelling, plugging; tesselation

Ancestry of “tassellatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantassellareto dowel, plug; to cut a wedge
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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