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Where does “cerealicolo” come from?

cerealicolo (Italian) comes from Italian cereale, from Latin Cereālis, from Latin Cerēs, from Proto-Italic kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

cerealicolo (Italian): cereal, grain

Definitions

  1. cereal, grain

Ancestry of “cerealicolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancerealecereal
2LatinCereālis—
3LatinCerēs—
4Proto-Italickerēs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerēs—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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