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Where does “caterva” come from?

caterva (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *katerwā.

caterva (Latin): a crowd, a band, a troop; vocative singular of...

Definitions

  1. a crowd, a band, a troop; vocative singular of...

Ancestry of “caterva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*katerwā—

Words derived from “caterva”

  • catervatim
  • caterva
  • caterva
  • kerne
  • ceithearnach
  • ceithern
  • keternâ
  • kern
  • ceithernach
  • ceithern
Every word from Proto-Italic *katerwā →