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Where does “Aeneid” come from?

Aeneid derives from Latin Aeneis, from Latin Aeneas, through Latin nominative -us and accusative -a endings, from Proto-Italic -os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós.

Ancestry of “Aeneid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAeneis—
2LatinAenēas—
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →