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

• Audio:

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Noun

stivale m (plural stivali)

1. boot

   Hypernyms: calzare, calzatura, scarpa

Derived terms

• dei miei stivali
• Gatto con gli Stivali
• stivalaio
• stivalata
• Stivale
• stivaleria
• stivaletto
• stivali delle sette leghe
• stivalone
• tirastivali

 

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