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Where does “filios” come from?

filios (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Ancestry of “filios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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