Where does “caurus” come from?

caurus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kaweros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- — cold, rainy.

caurus (Latin): northwestern wind

Definitions

  1. northwestern wind

Ancestry of “caurus”, step by step

caurus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic kaweros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickaweros—
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)ḱeh₁w-cold, rainy

via Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱēwer-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱēwer-north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower

Words derived from “caurus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaweros →
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