Where does “cicloidale” come from?
cicloidale (Italian) comes from Italian cicloide, from Italian ciclo, from Italian motore, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
cicloidale (Italian): cycloid, cycloidal
Ancestry of “cicloidale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cicloide | cycloid |
| 2 | Italian | ciclo | cycle , bike; series, round; period, menses |
| 3 | Italian | motore | motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,... |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |