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Where does “cervo” come from?

cervo (Italian) comes from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cervo (Italian): deer; stag

Definitions

  1. deer; stag

Ancestry of “cervo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cervo”

  • cervone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →