Where does “telomero” come from?

telomero (Italian) comes from Italian telo, from Italian tela, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

telomero (Italian): telomere

Definitions

  1. telomere

Ancestry of “telomero”, step by step

telomero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian telo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantelosheet, cloth, length of cloth
2Italiantelacloth; canvas; curtain
3Latintēlaweb
4Old Dutchtegela—
5Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
6Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
7Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
8Latintegōto cover; to clothe
9Proto-Italictegōcover
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Italian mero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeropure, simple, sheer
2Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →