Where does “cacasipala” come from?
cacasipala (Sicilian) comes from Sicilian sipala, from Latin sepalum, from Latin sēparātus, from Latin sēparō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
cacasipala (Sicilian): sparrow; tit, great tit
Definitions
- sparrow; tit, great tit
Ancestry of “cacasipala”, step by step
cacasipala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sicilian sipala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | sipala | hedge; cladophyll of the "Opuntia ficus-indica" |
| 2 | Latin | sepalum | sepal |
| 3 | Latin | sēparātus | divided |
| 4 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |