Where does “tifico” come from?

tifico (Italian) comes from Italian tifo, from New Latin tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh-, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- — scatter like dust.

tifico (Italian): typhoid

Definitions

  1. typhoid

Ancestry of “tifico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantifotyphus; enthusiasm; hence fan; first-person...
2New Latintȳphus—
3Ancient Greekτῦφοςa kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense
4Ancient Greekτύφωto smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandhubh-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandheu-scatter like dust

Words derived from “tifico”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dheu- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dhubh- →Every word from Ancient Greek τύφω →