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Where does “botulus” come from?

botulus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.

botulus (Latin): sausage, black pudding

Definitions

  1. sausage, black pudding

Ancestry of “botulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-—

Words derived from “botulus”

  • bowel
  • botulinum
  • botulism
  • disembowel
  • boudin
  • disembowelment
  • botulin
  • boyau
  • botulinal
  • bowelless
  • embowel
  • botulinic
  • unbowel
  • disemboweller
  • nonbowel
  • antibotulism
  • disbowel
  • nonbotulinum
  • botuliform
  • botulotoxin
  • botellus
  • botulinum
  • botulinus
  • botum
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