Where does “λουκάνικο” come from?
λουκάνικο (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λουκάνικα, from Latin lucanica, from Latin lucanicus, from Latin Lūcānia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
λουκάνικο (Greek): sausage; kit bag, duffel bag
Definitions
- sausage; kit bag, duffel bag
Ancestry of “λουκάνικο”, step by step
λουκάνικο traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek λουκάνικα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | λουκάνικα | — |
| 2 | Latin | lucanica | a kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica;... |
| 3 | Latin | lucanicus | Lucanian |
| 4 | Latin | Lūcānia | Lucania |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Byzantine Greek λουκάνικον
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | λουκάνικον | — |