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Where does “canaio” come from?

canaio (Italian) comes from Latin canārius, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

canaio (Italian): dog breeder; row, din, racket

Definitions

  1. dog breeder; row, din, racket

Ancestry of “canaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincanārius—
2LatinCanis—
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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