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Where does “Ciceroun” come from?

Ciceroun (Middle English) comes from Latin Cicerō, from Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- — pea.

Ancestry of “Ciceroun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCicerō—
2Latincicerchickpea; testicle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea
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