Where does “mirtillo” come from?

mirtillo (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin Myrtus, from Ancient Greek Μύρτος, from Semitic m-r-r.

mirtillo (Italian): bilberry, whortleberry, blueberry, bearberry,...

Definitions

  1. bilberry, whortleberry, blueberry, bearberry,...

Ancestry of “mirtillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmyrtillusblueberry
2LatinMyrtusmyrtle
3Ancient GreekΜύρτοςmyrtle (Myrtus communis)
4Semiticm-r-r—
Every word from Semitic m-r-r →Every word from Ancient Greek Μύρτος →Every word from Latin Myrtus →