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Where does “chiourme” come from?

chiourme (French) comes from Italian ciurma, from Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

chiourme (French): team or group of galley slaves; convict

Definitions

  1. team or group of galley slaves; convict

Ancestry of “chiourme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianciurmacrew; third-person singular present indicative of...
2Ligurianciüsma—
3LatinceleusmaA call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to...
4Ancient Greekκέλευσμαan order, command, behest
5Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →