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Where does “siluro” come from?

siluro (Spanish) comes from Latin Silurus, from Ancient Greek σίλουρος, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

siluro (Spanish): wels catfish, sheatfish

Definitions

  1. wels catfish, sheatfish

Ancestry of “siluro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSilurus—
2Ancient Greekσίλουροςwels catfish
3Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail
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