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Where does “peredo” come from?

peredo (Latin) comes from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

peredo (Latin): I eat up, consume, devour; I waste away

Definitions

  1. I eat up, consume, devour; I waste away

Ancestry of “peredo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinedō—
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “peredo”

  • peredens
  • peresurus
  • peresus
  • peredendus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →