Where does “vanghetta” come from?

vanghetta (Italian) comes from Italian vanga, from Latin vanga — a spade with a crossbar for applying the foot.

vanghetta (Italian): spade; entrenching tool

Definitions

  1. spade; entrenching tool

Ancestry of “vanghetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvangaspade; inflection of vangare: ## third-person...
2Latinvangaa spade with a crossbar for applying the foot

Words derived from “vanghetta”

Every word from Latin vanga →Every word from Italian vanga →