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Where does “salignus” come from?

salignus (Latin) comes from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

salignus (Latin): willow

Definitions

  1. willow

Ancestry of “salignus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nos—
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →