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Where does “trave” come from?

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

trave (Italian): beam, girder, rafter; balance beam

Definitions

  1. beam, girder, rafter; balance beam

Ancestry of “trave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
2Indo-European*treb-—

Words derived from “trave”

  • architrave
  • architraved
  • arquitrabe
  • travata
  • architrave
  • travicello
  • architrave
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