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Where does “dattilografa” come from?

dattilografa (Italian) comes from Italian dattilografare, from Italian dattilografia, from Italian dattilo, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund — to sire, beget.

dattilografa (Italian): female equivalent of dattilografo; third-person...

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of dattilografo; third-person...

Ancestry of “dattilografa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandattilografareto type
2Italiandattilografiatyping
3Italiandattilodactyl
4Latindactylusa sort of muscle; a kind of grape; a sort of...
5Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
6Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
7GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
8GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
9GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
10Old High Germandahs—
11Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
12Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
13Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
14Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
15Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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