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Where does “subterrani” come from?

subterrani (Catalan) comes from Latin subterraneus, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

subterrani (Catalan): subterranean, underground

Definitions

  1. subterranean, underground

Ancestry of “subterrani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubterraneusunderground, subterranean
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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