Where does “مینروبی” come from?
مینروبی (Persian) comes from Persian مینروب, from English minesweeper, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
مینروبی (Persian): minesweeping
Definitions
- minesweeping
Ancestry of “مینروبی”, step by step
مینروبی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian مینروب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مینروب | minesweeper object |
| 2 | English | minesweeper | A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of... |
| 3 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |