Where does “vagliare” come from?
vagliare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin valliare, from Latin vallus, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
vagliare (Italian): to sieve, sift, riddle; to weigh up
Definitions
- to sieve, sift, riddle; to weigh up
Ancestry of “vagliare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | valliare | — |
| 2 | Latin | vallus | palisade; stake, pole |
| 3 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |
Words derived from “vagliare”