Where does “arúspice” come from?

arúspice (Portuguese) comes from Latin haruspex, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

arúspice (Portuguese): haruspex one who practices divination by inspecting entrails

Definitions

  1. haruspex one who practices divination by inspecting entrails

Ancestry of “arúspice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinharuspexdiviner who reads from the intestines of...
2Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-Every word from Latin haruspex
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