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Where does “puric” come from?

puric (Aromanian) comes from Latin pūlicō, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

puric (Aromanian): flea; I clean something of fleas

Definitions

  1. flea; I clean something of fleas

Ancestry of “puric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlicō—
2Latinpūlex—
3Proto-Indo-European*plus-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →