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Where does “fidus” come from?

fidus (Latin) comes from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “fidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfindō—
2Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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