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Where does “explētus” come from?

explētus (Latin) comes from Latin expleō, from Latin pleō, from Proto-Italic plēō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “explētus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexpleō—
2Latinpleō—
3Proto-Italicplēōto fill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →