Etymology Explorer
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Where does “cardineus” come from?
cardineus (Late Latin) comes from Latin carduus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.
Ancestry of “cardineus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
carduus
a wild thistle; the artichoke
2
Proto-Indo-European
ḱers-
to run
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