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

  1. cryptogamous

Ancestry of “criptògam”, step by step

criptògam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cripto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancriptokrypton; first-person singular present indicative...
2Portuguesecriptomoedacryptocurrency
3EnglishcryptocurrencyA digital currency based on a cryptographic...
4EnglishcurrencyMoney or other items used to facilitate...
5Medieval Latincurrentianominative neuter plural of currēns; accusative...
6Latincurrensrunning; hurrying, hastening, speeding; moving,...
7LatincurroI run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,...
8Proto-Italickorzōto run
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Catalan gam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalangama wasting diseases, particularly distomatosis
2Catalangamar-seto suffer a wasting disease, particularly one caused by being infected with trematodes
3Arabicغَمّgrief, sorrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-
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