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Where does “aemulus” come from?

aemulus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic aimelos, from Proto-Italic aimos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

aemulus (Latin): striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...

Definitions

  1. striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...

Ancestry of “aemulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicaimelosstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...
2Proto-Italicaimosimitation
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

Words derived from “aemulus”

  • emulate
  • emulation
  • emulous
  • emulative
  • emulously
  • emulatively
  • emulousness
  • emulatable
  • unemulous
  • Emil
  • emulateth
  • æmulate
  • æmulated
  • Aemilius
  • aemulationem
  • aemulor
  • aemulatrix
  • aemulans
  • aemulaturus
  • aemulandus
  • obaemulor
  • obaemulans
  • obaemulaturus
  • obaemulatus
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