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Where does “crapulentus” come from?

crapulentus (Latin) comes from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

Ancestry of “crapulentus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
2Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
3Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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