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Where does “famélique” come from?

famélique (French) comes from Latin famēlicus, from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.

famélique (French): half-starved; scrawny; starveling

Definitions

  1. half-starved; scrawny; starveling

Ancestry of “famélique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfamēlicus—
2Latinfamēs—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- →