Where does “travicello” come from?

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

travicello (Italian): Diminutive of trave: small beam, joist or rafter

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of trave: small beam, joist or rafter

Ancestry of “travicello”, step by step

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