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Where does “tassello” come from?

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

tassello (Italian): plug, dowel; gusset; wedge

Definitions

  1. plug, dowel; gusset; wedge

Ancestry of “tassello”, 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

Words derived from “tassello”

  • tassello
  • tassellare
  • tassellatura
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