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Where does “citiso” come from?

citiso (Italian) comes from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος — tree medick, moon trefoil.

citiso (Italian): laburnum

Definitions

  1. laburnum

Ancestry of “citiso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincytisusa shrubby kind of clover
2Ancient Greekκύτισοςtree medick, moon trefoil
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