Where does “stalactită” come from?

stalactită (Romanian) comes from French stalactite, from New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός — dripping.

stalactită (Romanian): stalactite

Definitions

  1. stalactite

Ancestry of “stalactită”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstalactitestalactite; icicle
2New Latinstalactites—
3Ancient Greekσταλακτόςdripping

Words derived from “stalactită”

Every word from Ancient Greek σταλακτός →Every word from New Latin stalactites →Every word from French stalactite →
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