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Where does “Darwinic” come from?

Darwinic (English) comes from English darwin, from Old English Dēorwine, from Old English dēore, from Proto-West Germanic diurī, from Proto-Germanic diurijaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Darwinic (English): Darwinian

Definitions

  1. Darwinian

Ancestry of “Darwinic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdarwinA unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary...
2Old EnglishDēorwine{{non-gloss definition|a given name}}
3Old Englishdēoredear
4Proto-West Germanicdiurīvaluable, precious
5Proto-Germanicdiurijazdear, precious; expensive
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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