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Where does “calumniare” come from?

calumniare (Latin) comes from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic kalwomniā, from Proto-Italic kalwomnos — deceiving, accusing.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “calumniare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincalumniaA cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,...
2Proto-Italickalwomniā—
3Proto-Italickalwomnosdeceiving, accusing

Words derived from “calumniare”

  • challenging
  • challenger
  • unchallengeable
  • challengingly
  • unchallenging
  • challengeable
  • nonchallenging
  • unchallengeably
  • unchallengingly
  • unchallengeableness
  • challengingness
  • multichallenger
  • chalengeable
  • chalenger
  • chalengen
  • chalengyng
  • chalongier
  • chalengier
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