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Where does “embrunals” come from?

embrunals (Catalan) comes from Catalan umbrenals, from Ancient Greek ὀμβρινά τρήματα, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “embrunals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanumbrenals—
2Ancient Greekὀμβρινά τρήματαholes for rain
3Ancient Greekτρῆμαhole, aperture, perforation
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “embrunals”

  • imbornal
  • embornal
  • imburnal
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