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Where does “adjuvare” come from?

adjuvare (Latin) comes from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

adjuvare (Latin): present active infinitive of adjuvō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of adjuvō;...

Ancestry of “adjuvare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
2Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

Words derived from “adjuvare”

  • coadjument
  • adjument
  • adjumentum
  • adjuvamentum
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