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Where does “large quasar group” come from?

large quasar group (English) comes from English Group, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

large quasar group (English): An implied cosmological scale alignment of...

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  1. An implied cosmological scale alignment of...

Ancestry of “large quasar group”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGroup—
2Frenchgroupegroup
3Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
4Vulgar Latincruppo—
5Renaissance Latingrupus—
6Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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