Where does “mavì” come from?

mavì (Italian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ماوی, from Arabic مَاوِيّ, from Arabic مَاء — water.

mavì (Italian): sky blue

Definitions

  1. sky blue

Ancestry of “mavì”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishماویblue
2Arabicمَاوِيّwatery
3Arabicمَاءwater
Every word from Arabic مَاء →Every word from Arabic مَاوِيّ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ماوی →