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Where does “Ĝemelturoj” come from?

Ĝemelturoj (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝemelo, from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.

Ancestry of “Ĝemelturoj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĝemelotwin
2LatinGeminus—
3Latingeminustwin; double, paired; a twin
4Proto-Italicjemanos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanyemH-twin
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