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Where does “expiandus” come from?

expiandus (Latin) comes from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō.

expiandus (Latin): which is to be expiated

Definitions

  1. which is to be expiated

Ancestry of “expiandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexpioI make amends or atonement for a crime or a...
2Latinpiō—
3Proto-Italic*pīāō—
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