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Where does “anthropoglot” come from?

anthropoglot (English) comes from English anthropo-, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

anthropoglot (English): An animal with tongue similar to humans allowing...

Definitions

  1. An animal with tongue similar to humans allowing...

Ancestry of “anthropoglot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishanthropo-Forming words related to men or people
2Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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