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Where does “fimicolo” come from?

fimicolo (Italian) comes from Latin fimicolus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

fimicolo (Italian): fimicolous

Definitions

  1. fimicolous

Ancestry of “fimicolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfimicolusdung-dwelling, fimicolous
2Latincolō—
3Latinquelō—
4Proto-Italickʷelō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →