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Where does “fīcātum” come from?

fīcātum (Latin) comes from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

Ancestry of “fīcātum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
2Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
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