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Where does “vagliatura” come from?

vagliatura (Italian) comes from Italian vagliare, from Vulgar Latin valliare, from Latin vallus, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

vagliatura (Italian): sifting, sieving, screening, riddling; winnowing;...

Definitions

  1. sifting, sieving, screening, riddling; winnowing;...

Ancestry of “vagliatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvagliareto sieve, sift, riddle; to weigh up
2Vulgar Latinvalliare—
3Latinvalluspalisade; stake, pole
4Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
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