Where does “tegola” come from?

tegola (Italian) comes from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tegola (Italian): tile

Definitions

  1. tile

Ancestry of “tegola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tegola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →