Where does “linja skwerra” come from?
linja skwerra (Maltese) comes from Maltese linja, from Sicilian ligna, from Latin ligna, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω.
linja skwerra (Maltese): beam
Definitions
- beam
Ancestry of “linja skwerra”, step by step
linja skwerra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Maltese linja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maltese | linja | line |
| 2 | Sicilian | ligna | firewood |
| 3 | Latin | ligna | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lignum |
| 4 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 5 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |