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Where does “nauci” come from?

nauci (Latin) comes from Latin naucum, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nauci (Latin): genitive singular of naucum; nominative plural of...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of naucum; nominative plural of...

Ancestry of “nauci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnaucumA nutshell; A trifle, something slight or trivial
2LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
3Proto-Italicknuks—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →