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Where does “pabulator” come from?

pabulator (Latin) comes from Latin pābulor, from Latin pābulum, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

Ancestry of “pabulator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpābulor—
2Latinpābulum—
3Latinpāscō—
4Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
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