Where does “cucchiara” come from?
cucchiara (Sicilian) comes from Spanish cuchara, from Spanish cuchar, from Spanish cucho, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
cucchiara (Sicilian): spoon
Definitions
- spoon
Ancestry of “cucchiara”, step by step
cucchiara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cuchara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuchara | spoon; cunt |
| 2 | Spanish | cuchar | spoon; to dress with manure |
| 3 | Spanish | cucho | Sound used to call a cat |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Latin cochleārium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cochleārium | snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κοχλῐ́ᾱς | snail with a spiral shell |