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Where does “asclépiade” come from?

asclépiade (French) comes from Latin asclepias, from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “asclépiade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinasclepiascommon swallow-wart
2Ancient Greekἀσκληπιάςswallow-wort
3Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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