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Where does “rogo” come from?

rogo (Italian) comes from Latin rogus, from Proto-Italic *rogos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

rogo (Italian): pyre; bonfire; any great fire; first-person...

Definitions

  1. pyre; bonfire; any great fire; first-person...

Ancestry of “rogo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrogusA funeral pyre; The grave
2Proto-Italic*rogos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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