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Where does “roborate” come from?

roborate (Latin) comes from Latin roboro, from Latin robur, from Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rudʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

roborate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

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  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “roborate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinroboroI strengthen
2Latinrobura kind of hard oak; hardness; strength
3Latinruberred ; ruddy
4Proto-Italicruðrosred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
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