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Where does “irriguous” come from?

irriguous (English) comes from Latin irriguus, from Latin irrigō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

irriguous (English): well-watered

Definitions

  1. well-watered

Ancestry of “irriguous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinirriguusirrigated, watered
2Latinirrigō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →