Where does “criceto” come from?

criceto (Italian) comes from Translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček, from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.

criceto (Italian): hamster, cricetid

Definitions

  1. hamster, cricetid

Ancestry of “criceto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCricetusgenus of hamsters
2Czechkřečekhamster
3Czech-ekforms masculine diminutive nouns
4Old Czech-ek—
Every word from Old Czech -ek →Every word from Czech -ek →Every word from Czech křeček →