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Where does “sufflaminate” come from?

sufflaminate (English) comes from Latin sufflamino, from Latin sufflamen, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

Ancestry of “sufflaminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsufflaminoI clog, block
2LatinsufflamenA clog, brake to check the motion of a wheel; A...
3Latinsub-sub-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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