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Where does “fleam” come from?

fleam (Latin) comes from Latin fleo, from Proto-Italic flēō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fleam (Latin): first-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “fleam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfleoI weep, cry; I lament, grieve for
2Proto-Italicflēōweep, cry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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