Where does “novacula” come from?
novacula (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlā, from Proto-Indo-European ksnew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Ancestry of “novacula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | *(ks)nowātlā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ksnew- | to scrape, sharpen |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |