Where does “tavolame” come from?

tavolame (Italian) comes from Italian -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

tavolame (Italian): planking; lumber, timber

Definitions

  1. planking; lumber, timber

Ancestry of “tavolame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-amefoglia + API → fogliame; bestia + API →...
2Latin-amen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Italian -ame