Where does “ciclostile” come from?
ciclostile (Italian) comes from Italian stile, from French style, from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.
ciclostile (Italian): cyclostyle, duplicate
Definitions
- cyclostyle, duplicate
Ancestry of “ciclostile”, step by step
ciclostile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian stile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | stile | style; class |
| 2 | French | style | style; fashion, trend, style; flair |
| 3 | Middle French | stile | style |
| 4 | Old French | estile | style; manner; fashion |
| 5 | Latin | stylus | Alternative form of stilus |
| 6 | Latin | stilus | A pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teyg- | to be sharp; to sting |
via Italian ciclo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ciclo | cycle (all senses), bike bicycle |
| 2 | Italian | motore | motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,... |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |