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Where does “cedriera” come from?

cedriera (Italian) comes from Italian cedro, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

cedriera (Italian): citron-tree grove; cedar wood

Definitions

  1. citron-tree grove; cedar wood

Ancestry of “cedriera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancedrocedar; citron; first-person singular present...
2Latincedrusthe juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus; cedar-oil,...
3Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος →