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Where does “invulnerabilis” come from?

invulnerabilis (Latin) comes from Latin vulnerābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Ancestry of “invulnerabilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvulnerābilis—
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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