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Where does “rēniōnem” come from?

rēniōnem (Latin) comes from Vulgar Latin renio, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic hrēn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- — soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body.

Ancestry of “rēniōnem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinreniokidney
2Latinrēn—
3Proto-Italichrēn—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body
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