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Where does “dragomanno” come from?

dragomanno (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος, from Arabic تُرْجُمَان, from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ, from Akkadian targumannum.

dragomanno (Italian): dragoman

Definitions

  1. dragoman

Ancestry of “dragomanno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindragumannus—
2Byzantine Greekδραγομάνος—
3Arabicتُرْجُمَانtranslator, interpreter
4Classical Syriacܬܪܓܡܢܐtranslator
5Akkadiantargumannum—
Every word from Akkadian targumannum →