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Where does “esipo” come from?

esipo (Italian) comes from Latin oesypum, from Ancient Greek οἴσυπος, from Ancient Greek οἰσύπη — lanolin, grease extracted from sheep's wool.

esipo (Italian): oesypum

Definitions

  1. oesypum

Ancestry of “esipo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoesypumrefuse from wool
2Ancient Greekοἴσυπος—
3Ancient Greekοἰσύπηlanolin, grease extracted from sheep's wool
Every word from Ancient Greek οἰσύπη →