Where does “simil legno” come from?
simil legno (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.
simil legno (Italian): imitation wood
Definitions
- imitation wood
Ancestry of “simil legno”, step by step
simil legno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian legno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | legno | wood; sailing ship; woodwind instrument |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 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 | — |
via Italian simil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | simil | Apocopic form of simile |