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Where does “laniate” come from?

laniate (English) comes from Latin laniatus, from Latin laniō, from Latin lanius, from Old Latin lacnius, from Proto-Indo-European lek- — to jump, to leap; to jump, scuttle; to tear, rend.

laniate (English): To tear into pieces

Definitions

  1. To tear into pieces

Ancestry of “laniate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlaniatustorn, rent, having been torn
2Latinlaniō—
3Latinlaniusbutcher
4Old Latinlacnius—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlek-to jump, to leap; to jump, scuttle; to tear, rend
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