Where does “ebanisteria” come from?

ebanisteria (Italian) comes from Spanish ebanista, from Spanish ébano, from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano, from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος, from Egyptian hbnj — ebony.

ebanisteria (Italian): cabinet making / cabinetmaking

Definitions

  1. cabinet making / cabinetmaking

Ancestry of “ebanisteria”, step by step

ebanisteria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ebanista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishebanistacabinetmaker; joiner
2Spanishébanoebony
3Medieval Latinebanus
4Italianebanoebony
5LatinebenusAlternative form of hebenus
6Ancient Greekἔβενοςebony tree, wood
7Egyptianhbnjebony

via Italian ebanista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianebanistacabinetmaker
2Italian-ista-ist
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Egyptian hbnjEvery word from Ancient Greek ἔβενοςEvery word from Latin ebenus