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Where does “transfuga” come from?

transfuga (Italian) comes from Latin transfuga, from Latin transfugio, from Latin fugiō, from Proto-Italic fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

transfuga (Italian): deserter, fugitive; one who has left a political...

Definitions

  1. deserter, fugitive; one who has left a political...

Ancestry of “transfuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransfugaa deserter
2LatintransfugioI flee to the enemy; I desert
3Latinfugiō—
4Proto-Italicfugiōto flee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit
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