Where does “cimasa” come from?

cimasa (Italian) comes from Latin cȳmatium, from Ancient Greek κυμάτιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cimasa (Italian): moulding; coping

Definitions

  1. moulding; coping

Ancestry of “cimasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincȳmatiumThe volute of an Ionic column
2Ancient Greekκυμάτιονa small cyma
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek κυμάτιον →