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Where does “harenifodina” come from?

harenifodina (Latin) comes from Latin fodina, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

harenifodina (Latin): a sandpit

Definitions

  1. a sandpit

Ancestry of “harenifodina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfodinaA place from which a mineral is dug; mine, pit
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnus—
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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