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Where does “triclinio” come from?

triclinio (Italian) comes from Latin triclīnium, from Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

triclinio (Italian): triclinium

Definitions

  1. triclinium

Ancestry of “triclinio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriclīnium—
2Ancient GreekτρικλίνιονA dining room with three couches
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →