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Where does “aragna” come from?

aragna (Italian) comes from Latin aranea, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη — spider; a spider's web.

aragna (Italian): spider

Definitions

  1. spider

Ancestry of “aragna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaraneaspider; spider's web, cobweb; threads similar to...
2Ancient Greekἀράχνηspider; a spider's web
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