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Where does “vaiolatura” come from?

vaiolatura (Italian) comes from Italian vaiolato, from Italian vaio, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vaiolatura (Italian): pitting; any of several rot-like diseases of...

Definitions

  1. pitting; any of several rot-like diseases of...

Ancestry of “vaiolatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvaiolatospeckled, spotted, variegated; pitted; blackish
2Italianvaiovair; dark grey; dark gray
3Latinvariusdiverse, different, various, variegated
4Latinvārus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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