Where does “calamite” come from?
calamite (Italian) comes from Italian calamita, from Italian calamitare, from Italian calamità, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
calamite (Italian): plural of calamita
Definitions
- plural of calamita
Ancestry of “calamite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | calamita | magnet; fridge magnet; lodestone, magnetite;... |
| 2 | Italian | calamitare | To magnetize |
| 3 | Italian | calamità | disaster, calamity |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Καδμεία | Cadmea; a type of calamine |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |