Where does “ċiklun” come from?
ċiklun (Maltese) comes from Italian ciclone, from Italian ciclo, from Italian motore, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ċiklun (Maltese): cyclone
Definitions
- cyclone
Ancestry of “ċiklun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ciclone | cyclone; whirlwind |
| 2 | Italian | ciclo | cycle (all senses), bike bicycle |
| 3 | Italian | motore | motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,... |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |