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Where does “Febo” come from?

Febo (Esperanto) comes from Latin phoebus, from Ancient Greek φοῖβος — pure, bright, radiant.

Ancestry of “Febo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphoebus—
2Ancient Greekφοῖβοςpure, bright, radiant
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