Where does “tricuspidale” come from?
tricuspidale (Italian) comes from Italian cuspidale, from Italian -ale, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
tricuspidale (Italian): tricuspid
Ancestry of “tricuspidale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | cuspidale | cuspid; cuspidal |
| 2 | Italian | -ale | Added to nouns to form adjectives; -al |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |