Where does “tēgulāris” come from?

tēgulāris (Latin) comes from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

Ancestry of “tēgulāris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tēgulāris”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →