Where does “criptògam” come from?
criptògam (Catalan) comes from Italian cripto, from Portuguese criptomoeda, from English cryptocurrency, from English currency, from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currens, from Latin curro, from Proto-Italic korzō — to run.
criptògam (Catalan): cryptogamous
Definitions
- cryptogamous
Ancestry of “criptògam”, step by step
criptògam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cripto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cripto | krypton; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Portuguese | criptomoeda | cryptocurrency |
| 3 | English | cryptocurrency | A digital currency based on a cryptographic... |
| 4 | English | currency | Money or other items used to facilitate... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | currentia | nominative neuter plural of currēns; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | currens | running; hurrying, hastening, speeding; moving,... |
| 7 | Latin | curro | I run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korzō | to run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |