Where does “aerosiluro” come from?

aerosiluro (Italian) comes from Italian siluro, from Latin Silurus, from Ancient Greek σίλουρος, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

aerosiluro (Italian): torpedo launched from an aircraft; first-person...

Definitions

  1. torpedo launched from an aircraft; first-person...

Ancestry of “aerosiluro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansilurosheatfish; torpedo; first-person singular present...
2LatinSilurussheatfish
3Ancient Greekσίλουροςwels catfish
4Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ors- →Every word from Ancient Greek οὐρά →Every word from Ancient Greek σίλουρος →