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Where does “vulpino” come from?

vulpino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vulpo, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

vulpino (Esperanto): vixen

Definitions

  1. vixen

Ancestry of “vulpino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovulpofox
2Latinvulpēs—
3Latinvolpēs—
4Proto-Italicwolpisfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal
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