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Where does “nubo” come from?

nubo (Esperanto) comes from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.

nubo (Esperanto): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “nubo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūbēs—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)newdʰ-to cover

Words derived from “nubo”

  • nuba
  • pluvnubo
  • nubeto
  • nuboplena
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