σοφίτα
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French soffite (“soffit”), from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”).
Noun
[edit]σοφίτα • (sofíta) f (plural σοφίτες)
- attic (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)
Usage notes
[edit]- The meaning has changed from the French word from which the Greek was derived. The French term has the same meaning as the English (soffit).
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeygʷ-
- Greek terms borrowed from French
- Greek terms derived from French
- Greek terms derived from Italian
- Greek terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Greek terms derived from Latin
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'