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Where does “aos” come from?

aos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Italic ajos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éyos — a metal, copper, bronze.

aos (Proto-Italic): bronze, copper

Definitions

  1. bronze, copper

Ancestry of “aos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicajos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éyosa metal, copper, bronze

Words derived from “aos”

  • era
  • bronze
  • malaria
  • aria
  • malarial
  • malarious
  • antimalarial
  • bronzing
  • arioso
  • bronzy
  • Eneolithic
  • bronzer
  • antimalaria
  • bronzite
  • malariology
  • alambre
  • bronzen
  • malariologist
  • ariose
  • aerugo
  • bronzewing
  • nonmalarial
  • bronzeworking
  • bronzeworker
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