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Where does “fētus” come from?

fētus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Ancestry of “fētus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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