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Where does “linkʷō” come from?

linkʷō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

linkʷō (Proto-Italic): leave

Definitions

  1. leave

Ancestry of “linkʷō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave

Words derived from “linkʷō”

  • delinquency
  • delinquent
  • derelict
  • dereliction
  • relict
  • reliquary
  • delict
  • delictual
  • nondelinquent
  • dero
  • relictual
  • predelinquent
  • semiderelict
  • delinquently
  • relinquent
  • predelinquency
  • derro
  • relicted
  • reliquarylike
  • corpus delicti
  • juvenile delinquent
  • derelicturus
  • derelinquendus
  • reliquiae
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