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Where does “Cerealia” come from?

Cerealia (Latin) comes from Latin Cerealis, from Latin Ceres, from Proto-Italic kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

Cerealia (Latin): nominative neuter plural of Cereālis; accusative...

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter plural of Cereālis; accusative...

Ancestry of “Cerealia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCerealisof, pertaining to, {{non-gloss definition|or}}...
2LatinCeresgoddess of harvest; goddess of agriculture; Roman...
3Proto-Italickerēs—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerēs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “Cerealia”

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