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Where does “seive” come from?

seive (Latin) comes from Latin -ve, from Proto-Indo-European *-we.

Ancestry of “seive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-veor, leaving the choice free between two things or...
2Proto-Indo-European*-we—

Words derived from “seive”

  • seu
  • sive
  • sau
  • sive
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