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Where does “-brum” come from?

-brum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European -dʰrom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix.

Definitions

Ancestry of “-brum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-dʰromAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix

Words derived from “-brum”

  • chandelier
  • chandeliered
  • flabellum
  • delubrum
  • chandelierlike
  • flabel
  • flabellinerved
  • volutabrum
  • delubrum
  • flabrum
  • flabellifolius
  • candelabrarius
  • ventilabrum
  • candelabrum
  • flabellum
  • candelabro
  • candelabro
  • candélabre
  • chandelier
  • Kandelaber
  • candelabro
  • canelobre
  • シャンデリア
  • kandeláber
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