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Where does “cardinus” come from?
cardinus (Latin) comes from Latin carduus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.
Ancestry of “cardinus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
carduus
a wild thistle; the artichoke
2
Proto-Indo-European
ḱers-
to run
Words derived from “cardinus”
cárdeno
cardẽo
cardenillo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →
Every word from Latin carduus →