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Where does “zadimiti” come from?

zadimiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȉmiti, from English dimity, from English dimite, from Middle English demit, from Medieval Latin dimitum, from Greek δίμιτον, from Ancient Greek δίμιτος, from Ancient Greek δίς — two.

zadimiti (Serbo-Croatian): to start giving off smoke; to fill with smoke

Definitions

  1. to start giving off smoke; to fill with smoke

Ancestry of “zadimiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȉmiti—
2EnglishdimityA light strong fabric with woven stripes or...
3Englishdimite—
4Middle Englishdemit—
5Medieval Latindimitum—
6Greekδίμιτον—
7Ancient Greekδίμιτοςof double thread
8Ancient Greekδίςtwice, doubly, again
9Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
10Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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