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Where does “findō” come from?

findō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

findō (Proto-Italic): split, cleave

Definitions

  1. split, cleave

Ancestry of “findō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “findō”

  • fission
  • fistula
  • fester
  • feta
  • fissionable
  • fistulous
  • fissiparous
  • fissioning
  • fistulization
  • fiss
  • fistulotomy
  • fistular
  • fistulogram
  • fistulation
  • fistulose
  • photofission
  • quasifission
  • nonfissionable
  • fissiparousness
  • nonfission
  • fistulize
  • fissionability
  • fissional
  • festereth
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