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Where does “conspuere” come from?

conspuere (Latin) comes from Latin spuo, from Proto-Italic spujō, from Proto-Indo-European stpuH-ie- — to spit, spew.

conspuere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “conspuere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspuoI spit, spew
2Proto-Italicspujō—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanstpuH-ie-to spit, spew

Words derived from “conspuere”

  • conspuer
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