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Where does “fūnestus” come from?

fūnestus (Latin) comes from Latin fūnus, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο, from Phoenician 𐤏, from Egyptian 𓁹.

Ancestry of “fūnestus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūnus—
2LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
3Etruscan𐌏—
4Ancient Greekο—
5Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
6Egyptian𓁹—
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