Where does “tewm tal-linja vjola” come from?
tewm tal-linja vjola (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.
tewm tal-linja vjola (Maltese): pink garlic, Allium trifoliatum
Definitions
- pink garlic, Allium trifoliatum
Ancestry of “tewm tal-linja vjola”, step by step
tewm tal-linja vjola traces back through 3 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 | — |