Where does “ciclamă” come from?
ciclamă (Romanian) comes from Italian ciclamino, from Latin cyclaminos, from Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος — Cyclamen graecum.
ciclamă (Romanian): cyclamen
Definitions
- cyclamen
Ancestry of “ciclamă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ciclamino | cyclamen |
| 2 | Latin | cyclaminos | cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος | Cyclamen graecum |