Where does “ergastico” come from?
ergastico (Italian) comes from Italian ergastoplasma, from Italian plasma, from Italian plasmare, from Latin plasmō, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα, from Ancient Greek πλάσσω, from Proto-Hellenic pláťťō.
ergastico (Italian): ergastic
Definitions
- ergastic
Ancestry of “ergastico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ergastoplasma | ergastoplasm |
| 2 | Italian | plasma | plasma; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | plasmare | to mould, mold, shape |
| 4 | Latin | plasmō | to form, mould, fashion |
| 5 | Latin | plasma | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλάσμα | something formed, figure, image; counterfeit,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλάσσω | I form, mould, shape, sculpt; I form, train a... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pláťťō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | plátʰyō | — |