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Where does “caelebs” come from?

caelebs (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European kéywelos — alone.

caelebs (Latin): unmarried, single

Definitions

  1. unmarried, single

Ancestry of “caelebs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankéywelosalone

Words derived from “caelebs”

  • celibacy
  • celibate
  • noncelibate
  • celibately
  • celibatarian
  • anticelibacy
  • incelibacy
  • celibacist
  • celibatist
  • incelibate
  • caelibatus
  • caelibare
  • célibat
  • célibataire
  • celibato
  • anticelibato
  • ceibar
  • ceibe
  • ceibo
  • selibik
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéywelos →