Where does “vigintivirate” come from?
vigintivirate (English) comes from Latin vigintiviratus, from Latin vigintivir, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
vigintivirate (English): A group of twenty people, "especially" a council...
Definitions
- A group of twenty people, "especially" a council...
Ancestry of “vigintivirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vigintiviratus | vigintivirate |
| 2 | Latin | vigintivir | vigintivir |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |