Where does “travatura” come from?

travatura (Italian) comes from Italian trave, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

travatura (Italian): beam (construction)

Definitions

  1. beam (construction)

Ancestry of “travatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantravebeam, girder, rafter; balance beam
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →