"calamo" meaning in Italian

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Noun

Forms: calami [plural]
Etymology: From Latin calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:uder|la:calamus<t:reed, cane>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "reed, straw", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱélh₂m̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κάλαμος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "calamus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "calamo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="calamo">, {{uder|it|la|calamus}} Latin calamus, {{der|it|grc|κάλαμος}} Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} calamo m (plural calami)
  1. quill Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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