Where does “citofono” come from?
citofono (Italian) comes from Spanish teléfono, from Spanish tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
citofono (Italian): entryphone, speak-box; intercom; first-person...
Definitions
- entryphone, speak-box; intercom; first-person...
Ancestry of “citofono”, step by step
citofono traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish teléfono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | teléfono | telephone; telephone number |
| 2 | Spanish | tele- | tele |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Spanish circuito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | circuito | circuit |
| 2 | Latin | circuitus | patrol; circuit; revolution |
| 3 | Latin | circumeō | to go, travel or march around; to circulate |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |