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Where does “Copernico” come from?

Copernico (Italian) comes from Latin Copernicus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Copernico (Italian): Copernicus

Definitions

  1. Copernicus

Ancestry of “Copernico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCopernicus—
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “Copernico”

  • copernicio
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