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Where does “paleoalveo” come from?

paleoalveo (Italian) comes from Italian alveo, from Latin alveus, from Latin alvus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

paleoalveo (Italian): ancient riverbed

Definitions

  1. ancient riverbed

Ancestry of “paleoalveo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalveobed, runway; riverbed
2Latinalveusa hollow, cavity; a hollow vessel, in the shape...
3Latinalvusbelly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
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