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Where does “-ulentus” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-ulentus”, 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 “-ulentus”

  • turbulent
  • fraudulent
  • turbulence
  • virulent
  • opulent
  • opulence
  • succulent
  • purulent
  • fraudulently
  • corpulent
  • truculent
  • virulently
  • truculently
  • esculent
  • mucopurulent
  • avirulent
  • fraudulence
  • pulverulent
  • feculent
  • opulently
  • turbulently
  • succulently
  • nonvirulent
  • hypovirulent
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