Where does “vuotamele” come from?

vuotamele (Italian) comes from Italian vuotare, from Italian vuoto, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

vuotamele (Italian): apple-corer

Definitions

  1. apple-corer

Ancestry of “vuotamele”, step by step

vuotamele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vuotare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvuotareto empty; to drain
2Italianvuotoempty, vacant; gap; vacancy
3Vulgar Latin*vocitum
4Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
5Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
6Proto-Italic*-wos
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Italian mela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmelaapple
2Latinmālumevil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief
3Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -uusEvery word from Latin vacuus
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