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Where does “vitulus” come from?

vitulus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

vitulus (Latin): a bull calf

Definitions

  1. a bull calf

Ancestry of “vitulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwetelo-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old

Words derived from “vitulus”

  • violin
  • veal
  • cello
  • violinist
  • viola
  • viol
  • violoncello
  • vitelline
  • vitellogenesis
  • violist
  • violone
  • vitellogenic
  • violoncellist
  • violer
  • perivitelline
  • vitellus
  • vitellin
  • previtellogenic
  • violinistic
  • violinmaker
  • violinmaking
  • choriovitelline
  • vealy
  • previtellogenesis
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