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Where does “truculento” come from?

truculento (Galician) comes from Latin truculentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

truculento (Galician): gruesome, horrifying

Definitions

  1. gruesome, horrifying

Ancestry of “truculento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintruculentussavage, ferocious; harsh, stern, cruel; stormy
2Latin-ulentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
4Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
5Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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