Where does “unghiato” come from?

unghiato (Italian) comes from Italian unghia, from Vulgar Latin ungla, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

unghiato (Italian): clawed, taloned

Definitions

  1. clawed, taloned

Ancestry of “unghiato”, step by step

unghiato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian unghia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianunghianail, claw
2Vulgar Latinungla—
3Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
4Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail

via Late Latin ungulatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinungulatushaving hooves or claws, ungulate

Words derived from “unghiato”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →