ταλέντο
Greek (Cypriot)
/taˈlendo/
noun
Definitions
- talent marked natural ability or skill
- (figuratively) talent talented person
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian talento derived from Latin talentum (a talent of money, a Grecian weight, Grecian weight, monetary unit, weight, talent of money) derived from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent, talent, a weight, weight, balanced).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τάλαντον
Gloss
balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent, talent, a weight, weight, balanced
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- talent English
- talentum Latin
- Talent German
- talentaccio Italian
- talentare Italian
- talento Italian
- talent French
- τάλαντον Ancient Greek
- ἀτάλαντος Ancient Greek
- Ἀταλάντη Ancient Greek
- ἡμιτάλαντον Ancient Greek
- *tl̥h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- talent Norwegian Bokmål
- talent Polish
- talent Norwegian Nynorsk
- talente Old English
- talent Czech
- talant Old French
- talent Old French
- talent Serbo-Croatian
- talent Catalan, Valencian
- τάλαντο Greek (modern)
- talants Latvian
- talan Old Occitan