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Where does “radioprotecteur” come from?

radioprotecteur (French) comes from French protecteur, from Latin prōtector, from Latin prōtegō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

radioprotecteur (French): radioprotector

Definitions

  1. radioprotector

Ancestry of “radioprotecteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprotecteurprotector; protective
2Latinprōtector—
3Latinprōtegō—
4Latinprō—
5Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
6Latinrēōr—
7Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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