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Where does “vulnus” come from?

vulnus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic welanos, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

vulnus (Latin): wound, injury; blow

Definitions

  1. wound, injury; blow

Ancestry of “vulnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicwelanos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “vulnus”

  • vulnerable
  • vulnerability
  • invulnerable
  • vulnerably
  • vulnerary
  • invulnerably
  • nonvulnerable
  • vuln
  • invulnerableness
  • unvulnerable
  • vulnerableness
  • hypervulnerability
  • cybervulnerability
  • supervulnerable
  • ultravulnerable
  • vulnific
  • convulnerans
  • convulneraturus
  • convulneratus
  • convulnerandus
  • invulnerabile
  • convulnero
  • volneraturus
  • volneratus
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