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Where does “vaultre” come from?

vaultre (Old French) comes from Latin vertragus, from Proto-Celtic uɸor-, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

Ancestry of “vaultre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvertragus—
2Proto-Celticuɸor-over, super-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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