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Where does “cianuro” come from?

cianuro (Italian) comes from Italian ciano, from Italian cianogeno, from Italian -geno, from Italian tossicità, from Italian -ità, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

cianuro (Italian): cyanide

Definitions

  1. cyanide

Ancestry of “cianuro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancianocornflower; cyan; cyanogen
2Italiancianogenocyanogen; nitrile; cyanogenetic
3Italian-geno-genic, -genous; -gen
4Italiantossicitàtoxicity
5Italian-itàUsed to form abstract nouns that correspond to...
6Latin-īta—
7Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “cianuro”

  • ferrocianuro
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