Where does “zincotipista” come from?
zincotipista (Italian) comes from Italian zincotipia, from Italian zinco, from Latin zincum, from German zink, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, from Proto-Germanic tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
zincotipista (Italian): zincographer
Ancestry of “zincotipista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | zincotipia | zincography; zincograph |
| 2 | Italian | zinco | zinc; first-person singular present of zincare |
| 3 | Latin | zincum | zinc |
| 4 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 6 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |