Where does “talcoscisto” come from?

talcoscisto (Italian) comes from Italian talco, from Arabic طَلْق, from Persian تلک — talc, talcum.

talcoscisto (Italian): talc schist or slate

Definitions

  1. talc schist or slate

Ancestry of “talcoscisto”, step by step

talcoscisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian talco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantalcotalc; talcum powder
2Arabicطَلْق—
3Persianتلکtalc, talcum

via Italian scisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscistoschist, shale
Every word from Persian تلک →Every word from Arabic طَلْق →Every word from Italian talco →