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Where does “cicoria” come from?

cicoria (Italian) comes from Late Latin cichoria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cicoria (Italian): chicory

Definitions

  1. chicory

Ancestry of “cicoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincichoria—
2Latincichōrium—
3Ancient Greekκιχόριον—
4Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “cicoria”

  • cicoriaceo
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