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Where does “escuma” come from?

escuma (Galician) comes from Latin spūma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

escuma (Galician): foam

Definitions

  1. foam

Ancestry of “escuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspūma—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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