Where does “vongole” come from?
vongole (Italian) comes from Italian vongola, from Neapolitan vongola, from Latin conchula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vongole (Italian): plural of vongola
Definitions
- plural of vongola
Ancestry of “vongole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vongola | clam |
| 2 | Neapolitan | vongola | — |
| 3 | Latin | conchula | small mollusk, mussel, oyster |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |