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Where does “vaticanus” come from?

vaticanus (Latin) comes from Latin vātēs, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂t- — excited, inspired; possessed, raging.

Ancestry of “vaticanus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvātēs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂t-excited, inspired; possessed, raging
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