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Where does “ulucus” come from?

ulucus (Latin) comes from Latin ulula, from Proto-Indo-European up- — to call, to cry, to yell.

Ancestry of “ulucus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinululascreech owl , tawny owl; second-person singular...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanup-to call, to cry, to yell

Words derived from “ulucus”

  • alloccaggine
  • allocco
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