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Where does “etesio” come from?

etesio (Italian) comes from Latin etesiae, from Ancient Greek ἐτήσιος, from Ancient Greek ἔτος, from Ancient Greek ϝέτος, from Proto-Indo-European wétos, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

etesio (Italian): etesian wind

Definitions

  1. etesian wind

Ancestry of “etesio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinetesiaenominative plural of etēsia; genitive singular of...
2Ancient Greekἐτήσιοςannual
3Ancient Greekἔτοςyear
4Ancient Greekϝέτος—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwétosyear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old
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