stivale

See also: Stivale

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estival, of which the etymology is disputed: either from Medieval Latin aestivālis (“summerly”), in place of Classical Latin aestīvus (whence also Italian estivo), from aestās (“summer”), or from tībiālis (“tibial, of the tibia”), from tībia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stiˈva.le/
Rhymes: -ale
Hyphenation: sti‧và‧le
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Noun

stivale m (plural stivali)

boot
Hypernyms: calzare, calzatura, scarpa

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Greek: στιβάλι (stiváli), στιβάνι (stiváni)
→ Middle Low German: stevele, stovele
- German Low German: Stevel, Stävel
  - → Afrikaans: stewel (or from German Stiefel)
- → Old Norse: styfill
  - Danish: støvle
  - Faroese: stivli
  - Icelandic: stígvél
  - Norwegian: støvel
  - Old Swedish: støvel
    - Swedish: stövel
→ Old High German: stival

Anagrams

levasti, svelati, valesti, velasti, velista, vestali

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