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Where does “insufflatus” come from?

insufflatus (Latin) comes from Latin insufflo, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Definitions

Ancestry of “insufflatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininsuffloI blow or breath into or upon
2Latinsufflō—
3Latinflō—
4Proto-Italicflāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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