Where does “tēgula” come from?

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

tēgula (Latin): a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex

Definitions

  1. a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex

Ancestry of “tēgula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintegōto cover; to clothe
2Proto-Italictegōcover
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tēgula”

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