polverine
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
- (countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America.
Etymology
Derived from Italian polverino derived from Latin pulvis (dust, powder).
Origin
Latin
pulvis
Gloss
dust, powder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pillow English
- pulverine English
- pulvinone English
- *pulus Latin
- *pulvic(u)la Latin
- *pulvus Latin
- *pŭlverēta Latin
- pulverem Latin
- pulverulentus Latin
- pulvinus Latin
- pulvis Latin
- polve Italian
- polvere Italian
- polverino Italian
- poudre French
- polvorón Spanish, Castilian
- polvos Spanish, Castilian
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- poudre Old French
- spulbera Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- spulbir Aromanian
- poudre xno
- pulvro Dalmatian
- pólvra Emilian