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Where does “pulicine” come from?

pulicine (English) comes from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

pulicine (English): of or pertaining to fleas

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to fleas

Ancestry of “pulicine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlex—
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →