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Where does “Polarregion” come from?

Polarregion (German) comes from German Region, from Latin regiō, from Latin Aemilia, from Latin aemulus, from Proto-Italic aimelos, from Proto-Italic aimos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

Polarregion (German): polar region

Definitions

  1. polar region

Ancestry of “Polarregion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRegionregion
2Latinregiō—
3LatinAemilia—
4Latinaemulusstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...
5Proto-Italicaimelosstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...
6Proto-Italicaimosimitation
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate
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