Where does “almanacchista” come from?
almanacchista (Italian) comes from Italian almanacco, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
almanacchista (Italian): almanac compiler
Ancestry of “almanacchista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | almanacco | almanac; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | almanachus | calendar |
| 3 | Andalusian Arabic | الْمَنَاخ | calendar; almanac, calendar |
| 4 | Arabic | مناخ | climate |
| 5 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 6 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 7 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |