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Where does “clīvus” come from?

clīvus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Ancestry of “clīvus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱleywo-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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