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Where does “īnsurgō” come from?

īnsurgō (Latin) comes from Latin surgō, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

Ancestry of “īnsurgō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsurgō—
2LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
3Latinregō—
4Proto-Italicregō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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