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Where does “tegere” come from?

tegere (Latin) comes from Latin tego, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tegere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “tegere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintegoI cover; I clothe; I protect
2Proto-Italictegōcover
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tegere”

  • detect
  • detector
  • detectable
  • undetectable
  • photodetector
  • detectability
  • multidetector
  • tectum
  • tect
  • detectible
  • tectal
  • detectably
  • nondetectable
  • pretectum
  • undetectably
  • retinotectal
  • autodetect
  • undetectability
  • indetectable
  • detecter
  • corticotectal
  • detectorist
  • subdetector
  • redetect
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