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Where does “cieō” come from?

cieō (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

Ancestry of “cieō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
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