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Where does “terrigena” come from?

terrigena (Latin) comes from Latin -gena, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

terrigena (Latin): land-born

Definitions

  1. land-born

Ancestry of “terrigena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-genaborn
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “terrigena”

  • terrigenous
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