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Where does “elettrocalamita” come from?

elettrocalamita (Italian) comes from Italian calamità, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

elettrocalamita (Italian): electromagnet

Definitions

  1. electromagnet

Ancestry of “elettrocalamita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalamitàdisaster, calamity
2Ancient GreekΚαδμείαCadmea; a type of calamine
3Ancient Greek-είᾱ—
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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