Where does “salamandrid” come from?
salamandrid (English) comes from English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα, from Persian سمندر, from Persian سام, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaHmás — darkness, shadow.
salamandrid (English): Any animal of the family Salamandridae
Definitions
- Any animal of the family Salamandridae
Ancestry of “salamandrid”, step by step
salamandrid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English salamander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salamander | A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of... |
| 2 | Middle English | salamandre | — |
| 3 | Old French | salamandre | salamander |
| 4 | Latin | salamandra | salamander |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σαλαμάνδρα | fire salamander |
| 6 | Persian | سمندر | salamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature... |
| 7 | Persian | سام | fire; flame; swell, swelling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHmás | black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-mó-s | black, dark |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
via English ID
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ID | Initialism of identification or identity... |
| 2 | Hindi | ईद | Eid |
| 3 | Persian | عید | feast, feast day; celebration; holiday |
| 4 | Arabic | عِيد | holiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,... |
| 5 | Arabic | محمد | commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;... |
| 6 | Arabic | حَمَّدَ | to praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,... |
| 7 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |