Where does “triangolo acuto” come from?
triangolo acuto (Italian) comes from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus — sharp.
triangolo acuto (Italian): acute triangle
Definitions
- acute triangle
Ancestry of “triangolo acuto”, step by step
triangolo acuto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian acuto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 2 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 3 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 4 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 5 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 6 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
via Italian triangolo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | triangolo | triangle; love triangle; ménage à trois;... |
| 2 | Latin | triangulum | triangle; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 4 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |