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Where does “pōdex” come from?

pōdex (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European pesd- — to fart softly, pass gas, break wind.

Ancestry of “pōdex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpesd-to fart softly, pass gas, break wind
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