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Where does “segregant” come from?

segregant (Latin) comes from Latin segrego, from Latin se-, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

segregant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “segregant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsegregoI separate; I remove; I segregate
2Latinse-separately, astray; without; six
3Latinsuushis, her, its, their
4Proto-Italicsowoshis, her, its, their
5Proto-Indo-Europeansewos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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