Where does “vagonetto” come from?
vagonetto (Italian) comes from Italian vagone, from French wagon, from English wagon, from Dutch wagen, from Dutch lijkwagen, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk — to bind, tie.
vagonetto (Italian): trolley, mule; tram, truck, wagon
Definitions
- trolley, mule; tram, truck, wagon
Ancestry of “vagonetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vagone | truck, wagon, freight car; carriage, car;... |
| 2 | French | wagon | a railway carriage |
| 3 | English | wagon | A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads; A... |
| 4 | Dutch | wagen | A wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,... |
| 5 | Dutch | lijkwagen | A hearse, a funerary vehicle |
| 6 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |