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Where does “emendicare” come from?

emendicare (Latin) comes from Latin emendico, from Latin mendīcō, from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

emendicare (Latin): present active infinitive of ēmendīcō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of ēmendīcō;...

Ancestry of “emendicare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinemendicoI beg, solicit
2Latinmendīcō—
3Latinmendicusbeggarly, needy, indigent
4Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “emendicare”

  • emendicate
  • emendicatus
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