Where does “tsifteteli” come from?
tsifteteli (English) comes from Greek τσιφτετέλι, from Turkish çiftetelli, from Turkish telli, from Turkish tel, from Turkish telefon, from Arabic تلفون, from French téléphone, from French télé-.
tsifteteli (English): A sensuous belly dance of Turkish origin, that is found in many of the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, particularly Greece
Definitions
- A sensuous belly dance of Turkish origin, that is found in many of the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, particularly Greece
Ancestry of “tsifteteli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | τσιφτετέλι | tsifteteli a sensuous belly dance of Turkish origin, that is found in many of the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, particularly Greece |
| 2 | Turkish | çiftetelli | tsifteteli a sensuous belly dance of Turkish origin, that is found in many of the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, particularly Greece |
| 3 | Turkish | telli | fibrous; stringed; wired |
| 4 | Turkish | tel | wire; thread; string, chord |
| 5 | Turkish | telefon | telephone |
| 6 | Arabic | تلفون | telephone; second-person masculine plural... |
| 7 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |