Where does “tripetalo” come from?
tripetalo (Italian) comes from Italian petalo, from Spanish pétalo, from Ancient Greek πέταλον, from Ancient Greek πέταλος, from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos.
tripetalo (Italian): three-petalled
Ancestry of “tripetalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | petalo | A petal |
| 2 | Spanish | pétalo | petal |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πέταλον | inflection of πέταλος :
## masculine accusative... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πέταλος | broad, flat |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *pétalos | — |