Where does “siluro” come from?

siluro (Italian) comes from Latin Silurus, from Ancient Greek σίλουρος, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

siluro (Italian): sheatfish; torpedo; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. sheatfish; torpedo; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “siluro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSilurussheatfish
2Ancient Greekσίλουροςwels catfish
3Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail

Words derived from “siluro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ors- →Every word from Ancient Greek οὐρά →Every word from Ancient Greek σίλουρος →