Where does “siba” come from?
siba (Galician) comes from Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία, from Ancient Greek σήπειν, from Ancient Greek σήψ — putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...
Ancestry of “siba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sepia | a cuttlefish; the secretion of a cuttlefish used... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σηπία | cuttlefish |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σήπειν | present active infinitive of σήπω; to make... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σήψ | putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of... |
Words derived from “siba”