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Where does “Cicero” come from?

Cicero (Latin) comes from Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- — pea.

Ancestry of “Cicero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincicerchickpea; testicle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea
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