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Where does “gingiva” come from?

gingiva (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

Ancestry of “gingiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew
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