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Where does “strigo” come from?

strigo (Esperanto) comes from Italian strige, from Latin strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ — owl.

strigo (Esperanto): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “strigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstrige—
2Latinstrīx—
3Ancient Greekστρίξowl
Every word from Ancient Greek στρίξ →