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Where does “exuvia” come from?

exuvia (Latin) comes from Latin exuo, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

exuvia (Latin): spoils, booty; skin of a snake etc. sloughed off;...

Definitions

  1. spoils, booty; skin of a snake etc. sloughed off;...

Ancestry of “exuvia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexuoI extract, take out; I free; I take off ; doff
2Latinēx-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “exuvia”

  • exuviae
  • exuvia
  • exuvial
  • exuviate
  • exuviae
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