Where does “tettoia” come from?
tettoia (Italian) comes from Italian tetto, from Latin tēctum, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tettoia (Italian): canopy; roof; hovel
Ancestry of “tettoia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tetto | roof; cap |
| 2 | Latin | tēctum | — |
| 3 | Latin | tegō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |