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Where does “vomitāre” come from?

vomitāre (Latin) comes from Latin vomō, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

Ancestry of “vomitāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvomō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit
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