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Where does “cluendus” come from?

cluendus (Latin) comes from Latin cluo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewH- — to clean, rinse, slide.

Definitions

Ancestry of “cluendus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincluoI clean, purge; Alternative form of clueō
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱlewH-to clean, rinse, slide
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