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Where does “-olentus” come from?

-olentus (Latin) comes from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

-olentus (Latin): adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...

Definitions

  1. adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...

Ancestry of “-olentus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
2Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
3Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “-olentus”

  • violence
  • violent
  • violently
  • nonviolent
  • nonviolence
  • somnolent
  • nonviolently
  • antiviolence
  • counterviolence
  • ultraviolent
  • somnolently
  • sanguinolent
  • ultraviolence
  • hyperviolent
  • hyperviolence
  • antiviolent
  • proviolence
  • overviolent
  • vinolent
  • insomnolent
  • superviolent
  • proviolent
  • cyberviolence
  • narcoviolence
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