Where does “vagliatrice” come from?
vagliatrice (Italian) comes from Italian vagliare, from Vulgar Latin valliare, from Latin vallus, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
vagliatrice (Italian): sifter
Ancestry of “vagliatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vagliare | to sieve, sift, riddle; to weigh up |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | valliare | — |
| 3 | Latin | vallus | palisade; stake, pole |
| 4 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |