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Where does “ovile” come from?

ovile (Latin) comes from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

ovile (Latin): a sheepfold

Definitions

  1. a sheepfold

Ancestry of “ovile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
2Proto-Italicowissheep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

Words derived from “ovile”

  • ovile
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