Where does “siclo” come from?
siclo (Italian) comes from Latin siclus, from Hebrew שֶׁקֶל, from Akkadian šiqlum, from Proto-Semitic ṯql — to weigh; burden, weight.
siclo (Italian): shekel
Ancestry of “siclo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | siclus | shekel |
| 2 | Hebrew | שֶׁקֶל | sheqel; shekel |
| 3 | Akkadian | šiqlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | ṯql | to weigh; burden, weight |