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Where does “flaveo” come from?

flaveo (Latin) comes from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

flaveo (Latin): I am golden yellow or light yellow

Definitions

  1. I am golden yellow or light yellow

Ancestry of “flaveo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflāvus—
2Latinpalpuspalm of the hand; feeler
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “flaveo”

  • flavens
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