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Where does “ceraste” come from?

ceraste (Italian) comes from Latin cerastes, from Ancient Greek κεράστης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

ceraste (Italian): horned viper; second-person plural past historic...

Definitions

  1. horned viper; second-person plural past historic...

Ancestry of “ceraste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincerasteshorned viper
2Ancient Greekκεράστηςhorned viper; pest which destroys fig-trees
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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