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Where does “dumo” come from?

dumo (Italian) comes from Latin dūmus, from Old Latin dusmus, from Proto-Indo-European dens- — to teach; thick, dense.

dumo (Italian): thorny bush

Definitions

  1. thorny bush

Ancestry of “dumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindūmus—
2Old Latindusmus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandens-to teach; thick, dense
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