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Where does “siringo” come from?

siringo (Esperanto) comes from Latin sȳringa, from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ — pan pipes; catcall, whistle, hiss; mouthpiece of...

siringo (Esperanto): lilac

Definitions

  1. lilac

Ancestry of “siringo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsȳringa—
2Latinsȳrinx—
3Ancient Greekσῦριγξpan pipes; catcall, whistle, hiss; mouthpiece of...
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