Where does “ciclotomo” come from?
ciclotomo (Italian) comes 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.
ciclotomo (Italian): cyclotome
Definitions
- cyclotome
Ancestry of “ciclotomo”, step by step
ciclotomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Italian tomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tomo | tome, volume; an oddball, a weirdo |
| 2 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |