Where does “vigintiviri” come from?
vigintiviri (Latin) comes from Latin vigintivir, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
vigintiviri (Latin): nominative plural of vīgintivir; genitive...
Definitions
- nominative plural of vīgintivir; genitive...
Ancestry of “vigintiviri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vigintivir | vigintivir |
| 2 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |