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Where does “proverbe” come from?

proverbe (Old French) comes from Latin prōverbium, from French proverbe — proverb, saying.

Ancestry of “proverbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōverbium—
2Frenchproverbeproverb, saying

Words derived from “proverbe”

  • proverb
  • proverbiologist
  • antiproverb
  • proverbiology
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