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Where does “citrinus” come from?

citrinus (Latin) comes from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

citrinus (Latin): citric, citrus

Definitions

  1. citric, citrus

Ancestry of “citrinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nos—
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “citrinus”

  • citrine
  • cetrino
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