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Where does “exedo” come from?

exedo (Latin) comes from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

exedo (Latin): I eat up, devour, consume; I corrode

Definitions

  1. I eat up, devour, consume; I corrode

Ancestry of “exedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinedō—
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “exedo”

  • exedent
  • exesus
  • exedendus
  • exesurus
  • exedens
  • exedent
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