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Where does “postliminium” come from?

postliminium (English) comes from Latin postliminium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

postliminium (English): The return to his own country, and his former...

Definitions

  1. The return to his own country, and his former...

Ancestry of “postliminium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpostliminium—
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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