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Where does “sulcate” come from?

sulcate (Latin) comes from Latin sulco, from Latin sulcus, from Proto-Italic solkos, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

sulcate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “sulcate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsulcoI plough, furrow, turn up; I carve, cleave; I...
2Latinsulcusfurrow; ploughing
3Proto-Italicsolkos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw
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