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Where does “lienculus” come from?

lienculus (English) comes from Latin lien, from Proto-Italic lixēn-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)liǵʰ.

lienculus (English): One of the small nodules sometimes found in the...

Definitions

  1. One of the small nodules sometimes found in the...

Ancestry of “lienculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlienspleen
2Proto-Italiclixēn-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)liǵʰ—
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