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Where does “rutrum” come from?

rutrum (Latin) comes from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

rutrum (Latin): a shovel

Definitions

  1. a shovel

Ancestry of “rutrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
2Proto-Italic-trom—
3Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “rutrum”

  • rodo
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