Where does “axarmoca” come from?
axarmoca (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Italian moca, from Galician *mãoca, from Galician man, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
axarmoca (Cypriot Arabic): elsewhere
Definitions
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Ancestry of “axarmoca”, step by step
axarmoca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian moca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | moca | mocha; A coffee drink made from mocha; coffee |
| 2 | Galician | *mãoca | — |
| 3 | Galician | man | hand; Synonym: figurative ownership; protection;... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 5 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |