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Where does “rumen” come from?

rumen (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European sréwmn̥, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

rumen (Latin): throat, gullet

Definitions

  1. throat, gullet

Ancestry of “rumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansréwmn̥—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “rumen”

  • rumen
  • ruminate
  • ruminant
  • ruminative
  • ruminatively
  • roin
  • rumenotomy
  • nonruminant
  • ruminantly
  • ruminator
  • preruminant
  • irrumation
  • reticulorumen
  • irrumate
  • ruminateth
  • ruminatest
  • ruminari
  • irrumans
  • irrumaturus
  • irrumatus
  • ruma
  • irrumatio
  • ruminatus
  • ruminare
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