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Where does “sordes” come from?

sordes (Latin) comes from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swerd- — dirty, dark, black.

sordes (Latin): dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,...

Definitions

  1. dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,...

Ancestry of “sordes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsordeoI am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I...
2Proto-Italicswerdēō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswerd-éh₁-ye-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswerd-dirty, dark, black

Words derived from “sordes”

  • sordes
  • sordulentus
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