Where does “κυλινδρόμυλος” come from?
κυλινδρόμυλος (Greek) comes from Greek κύλινδρος, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος, from Ancient Greek κυλίνδω — I roll, turn over.
κυλινδρόμυλος (Greek): roller mill
Ancestry of “κυλινδρόμυλος”, step by step
κυλινδρόμυλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek κύλινδρος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | κύλινδρος | cylinder |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κύλινδρος | round stone, tumbler, marble; roller, cylinder;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κυλίνδω | I roll, turn over |
via Greek μύλος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | μύλος | mill; the cylinder of a revolver |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μύλη | mill, hand-mill; nether millstone; knee-pan |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *mólā | — |