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Where does “emendo” come from?

emendo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese emendar, from Old Portuguese emendar, from Latin emendare, from Latin emendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin.

emendo (Portuguese): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “emendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseemendarto amend; to join, splice
2Old Portugueseemendar—
3Latinemendarepresent active infinitive of ēmendō;...
4LatinemendoI free from faults, correct, improve, remedy,...
5Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
6LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicō—
9Latincommūnis—
10Old Latincom(m)oinis—
11Proto-Italickommoinis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Germankitt—
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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