Etymology

polverine

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Today it means: Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass. Full definition →

Italian polverino ← Latin pulvis
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  1. Latin · derived frompulvis“dust”
  2. Italian · derived frompolverino
  3. English todaypolverine

From Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”). Doublet of pulvinus.

Words from the same roots

Latinpulvis all →

powderpulverine

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