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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
cluo
I clean, purge; Alternative form of clueō
2
Proto-Indo-European
ḱlewH-
to clean, rinse, slide
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