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Where does “Pòl” come from?

Pòl (Haitian Creole) comes from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

Ancestry of “Pòl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpoluspole
2Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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