Where does “poligrafo” come from?

poligrafo (Italian) comes from Portuguese grafo, from French graphe — graph.

poligrafo (Italian): polygraph; polycardiograph; hectograph

Definitions

  1. polygraph; polycardiograph; hectograph

Ancestry of “poligrafo”, step by step

poligrafo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese grafo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesegrafograph
2Frenchgraphegraph

via Italian grafo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangrafograph

via Portuguese poli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepoli—
Every word from French graphe →Every word from Portuguese grafo →