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Where does “ciurma” come from?

ciurma (Italian) comes from Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ciurma (Italian): crew; third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. crew; third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “ciurma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianciüsma—
2LatinceleusmaA call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to...
3Ancient Greekκέλευσμαan order, command, behest
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ciurma”

  • capociurma
  • ciurmaglia
  • chiourme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →