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Where does “fas” come from?

fas (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

fas (Latin): dictates of religion, divine law , or an...

Definitions

  1. dictates of religion, divine law , or an...

Ancestry of “fas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂osutterance, saying
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “fas”

  • fastidious
  • nefarious
  • fastidiousness
  • fastidiously
  • fash
  • nefariously
  • unfastidious
  • nefariousness
  • overfastidious
  • fastidium
  • fastuous
  • nefast
  • hyperfastidious
  • ultrafastidious
  • unfastidiously
  • unfastidiousness
  • fastuousness
  • nefarius
  • fastidiar
  • fasta
  • fastidiosus
  • fastidium
  • nefasto
  • fastidiens
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