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Where does “plumbaginous” come from?

plumbaginous (English) comes from English plumbagineous, from Translingual Plumbaginaceae, from Translingual Plumbago, from Latin plumbāgō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

plumbaginous (English): Alternative spelling of plumbagineous

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of plumbagineous

Ancestry of “plumbaginous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplumbagineousPertaining to the family of gamopetalous herbs,...
2TranslingualPlumbaginaceae—
3TranslingualPlumbago—
4Latinplumbāgō—
5Latinagō—
6Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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