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Where does “auguro” come from?

auguro (Italian) comes from Italian augurare, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

auguro (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “auguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianaugurareTo practice as an augur; to foretell; to wish
2LatinauguroI predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,...
3Latinauguraugur
4Latvianaugoslocative plural form of augs; locative plural...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
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