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Where does “Cicerone” come from?

Cicerone (Italian) comes from Latin Ciceronem, from Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- — pea.

Ancestry of “Cicerone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCiceronem—
2Latincicerchickpea; testicle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- →