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Where does “augura” come from?

augura (Latin) comes from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

augura (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “augura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauguraugur
2Latvianaugoslocative plural form of augs; locative plural...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →