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Where does “nevi” come from?

nevi (English) comes from English nevus, from Latin naevus, from Latin gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁iwós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nevi (English): plural of nevus

Definitions

  1. plural of nevus

Ancestry of “nevi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnevusAny of a number of different, usually benign,...
2Latinnaevusbirthmark; mole
3Latingnaevus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁iwósnative
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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