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Where does “culcita” come from?

culcita (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

culcita (Latin): mattress, pillow, cushion

Definitions

  1. mattress, pillow, cushion

Ancestry of “culcita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “culcita”

  • quilt
  • quilting
  • quoits
  • quoit
  • quilter
  • bedquilt
  • quiltmaking
  • quiltmaker
  • quilty
  • quiltlike
  • quoiter
  • nanoquilt
  • acolchado
  • acolchar
  • colcha
  • acolchonar
  • colchonero
  • colchón
  • colchar
  • coltrice
  • coltre
  • couette
  • Kolter
  • colchão
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