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Where does “cinodromo” come from?

cinodromo (Italian) comes from Italian cino-, from Italian cinese, from Italian Cina, from Medieval Latin Sina, from Latin Sīnae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι, from Arabic صِين, from Pahlavi čīn — {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin.

cinodromo (Italian): dog / greyhound race track

Definitions

  1. dog / greyhound race track

Ancestry of “cinodromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancino-Related to dogs; Related to China
2ItaliancineseChinese; a Chinese person
3ItalianCinaChina
4Medieval LatinSina—
5LatinSīnae—
6Ancient GreekΣῖναιthe southern Chinese
7Arabicصِين—
8Pahlavičīn—
9Sanskritचीनthe Chinese people; China; a bandage for the...
10Old Chinese秦{{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin
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