Where does “aitosypressi” come from?

aitosypressi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sypressi, from Swedish cypress, from French cyprès, from Old French cipres, from Latin cypressus, from Latin cupressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος — cypress; its wood, used as timber.

aitosypressi (Finnish): A graveyard cypress, Italian cypress,...

Definitions

  1. A graveyard cypress, Italian cypress,...

Ancestry of “aitosypressi”, step by step

aitosypressi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sypressi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsypressicypress any of the coniferous trees in the genus
2Swedishcypresscypress
3Frenchcyprèscypress
4Old Frenchcipres—
5Latincypressus—
6Latincupressuscypress
7Ancient Greekκυπάρισσοςcypress; its wood, used as timber

via Finnish aito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitoreal, authentic, genuine; bona fide; proper
2Proto-Germanicaiþǭlegal, real wife
3Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—
Every word from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος →Every word from Latin cupressus →Every word from Latin cypressus →