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Where does “nombrilisme” come from?

nombrilisme (French) comes from French nombril, from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Latin umbilīculus, from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl.

nombrilisme (French): navel-gazing

Definitions

  1. navel-gazing

Ancestry of “nombrilisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnombrilnavel, belly button; middle
2Middle Frenchnombrilbelly button
3Old Frenchnonbrilbelly button; navel
4Latinumbilīculus—
5Latinumbilīcus—
6Proto-Indo-European*h₃nóbʰōl—
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