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Where does “maculō” come from?

maculō (Latin) comes from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

Ancestry of “maculō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacula—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
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