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Where does “sopiens” come from?

sopiens (Latin) comes from Latin sopio, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

sopiens (Latin): lulling to sleep, putting to sleep; killing;...

Definitions

  1. lulling to sleep, putting to sleep; killing;...

Ancestry of “sopiens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsopioI deprive of feeling; I lull to sleep, put to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
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