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Where does “exacervo” come from?

exacervo (Latin) comes from Latin acervus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

Ancestry of “exacervo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinacervusmass, heap, pile, stack; treasure; cluster
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
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