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Where does “Remigio” come from?

Remigio (Italian) comes from Latin Remigius, from Latin remex, from Latin remigo, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “Remigio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRemigius—
2Latinremexoarsman, rower
3LatinremigoI row
4Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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