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Where does “heremus” come from?

heremus (Late Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἤρεμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

heremus (Late Latin): waste, desert; first-person plural present active...

Definitions

  1. waste, desert; first-person plural present active...

Ancestry of “heremus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἤρεμος—
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “heremus”

  • ermu
  • irnjii
  • irmuxescu
  • ermu
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