Where does “terranoce” come from?

terranoce (Italian) comes from Italian noce, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

terranoce (Italian): earthnut tuber

Definitions

  1. earthnut tuber

Ancestry of “terranoce”, step by step

terranoce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian noce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannocewalnut; nut; nut lock
2LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
3Proto-Italicknuksnut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Italian Terra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianTerraEarth
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →