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Where does “sipres” come from?

sipres (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish ciprés, from Latin cypressus, from Latin cupressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος — cypress; its wood, used as timber.

sipres (Bikol Central): cypress

Definitions

  1. cypress

Ancestry of “sipres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcipréscypress
2Latincypressus—
3Latincupressuscypress
4Ancient Greekκυπάρισσοςcypress; its wood, used as timber
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