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Where does “lutos” come from?

lutos (Aromanian) comes from Latin lutosus, from Latin lutum, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

lutos (Aromanian): made of clay; clayey

Definitions

  1. made of clay; clayey

Ancestry of “lutos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlutosusmuddy
2Latinlutumsoil, dirt, mire, mud; loam, clay; The plant...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave
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