Where does “linfonodo” come from?
linfonodo (Italian) comes from Italian nodo, from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.
linfonodo (Italian): lymph node
Ancestry of “linfonodo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | nodo | knot, gnarl; bond, tie; node, vertex |
| 2 | Latin | nōdus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gned- | — |