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Where does “perfovens” come from?

perfovens (Latin) comes from Latin perfoveo, from Latin foveō, from Proto-Italic foɣʷeō, from Proto-Italic θoɣʷejō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰogʷʰ-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Definitions

Ancestry of “perfovens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinperfoveoI warm through
2Latinfoveō—
3Proto-Italicfoɣʷeōto warm, to make warm, to keep warm
4Proto-Italicθoɣʷejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰogʷʰ-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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