Where does “rodilegno” come from?
rodilegno (Italian) comes from Italian legno, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
rodilegno (Italian): The goat moth, miller moth
Definitions
- The goat moth, miller moth
Ancestry of “rodilegno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | legno | wood; sailing ship; woodwind instrument |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | — |
| 3 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |