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Where does “subspicatus” come from?

subspicatus (Latin) comes from Latin spicatus, from Latin spīca, from Proto-Italic speikā, from Proto-Indo-European spey- — sharp point, stick.

subspicatus (Latin): Having spikes underneath

Definitions

  1. Having spikes underneath

Ancestry of “subspicatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspicatusspiky, having been furnished with spikes; eared,...
2Latinspīca—
3Proto-Italicspeikā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspey-sharp point, stick
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