English
faldetta
Faldetta comes from Italian falda ‘layer, stratum’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentfalda‘layer, stratum’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfaldetta
- Englishtodayfaldetta
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentfalda‘layer, stratum’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfaldetta
- Englishtodayfaldetta
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to fold’
film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, complain, pulse, powder, pillow, repeal, flaw, pollen, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, palate, palladium, palpable, pelt, peloton, palatable, pall, polemic, wallow, tuple, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, pillion, interpolate, palatal, palp, 61 more
through Proto-Germanic *falþaną ‘to fold’
through Proto-West Germanic *falþan ‘to fold’
Today it means
noun A headdress and shawl worn by women in parts of the Mediterranean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian falda / faldetta