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Where does “cireneu” come from?

cireneu (Portuguese) comes from Latin Cȳrēnaeus, from Ancient Greek Κυρηναῖος, from Ancient Greek -αῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cireneu (Portuguese): Cyrenian

Definitions

  1. Cyrenian

Ancestry of “cireneu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCȳrēnaeus—
2Ancient GreekΚυρηναῖοςa Cyrenian, a person from Cyrene
3Ancient Greek-αῖος—
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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