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Where does “almanacco” come from?

almanacco (Italian) comes 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}}.

almanacco (Italian): almanac; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. almanac; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “almanacco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinalmanachuscalendar
2Andalusian Arabicالْمَنَاخcalendar; almanac, calendar
3Arabicمناخclimate
4Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
5PersianیاAPI •; or; either
6Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “almanacco”

  • almanaccamento
  • almanaccatore
  • almanacchista
  • almanaccone
  • almanacco
  • almanaccare
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