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Where does “smerglio” come from?

smerglio (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek σμύρις — emery-powder, used by lapidaries.

Ancestry of “smerglio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσμύριςemery-powder, used by lapidaries

Words derived from “smerglio”

  • Schmirgel
  • schmirgeln
  • смирак
  • шмиргла
  • шмиргл
  • šmirgl
  • smirak
  • šmirgla
  • šmirgl
  • шмиргла
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