Where does “dum” come from?
dum (Ido) comes from Esperanto dum, from Latin dum, from Proto-Italic dom, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
dum (Ido): during, in
Ancestry of “dum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | dum | for; during; while |
| 2 | Latin | dum | while, whilst, as, meanwhile; until, long enough... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | dom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |