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Where does “jentacular” come from?

jentacular (English) comes from Latin ientaculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

jentacular (English): Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in...

Ancestry of “jentacular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinientaculumbreakfast, particularly right upon getting up
2Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
3Proto-Italic-klom—
4Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “jentacular”

  • antejentacular
  • antejentacularly
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