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Where does “findo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “findo”, step by step

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