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Where does “swerdēō” come from?

swerdēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swerd- — dirty, dark, black.

Ancestry of “swerdēō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswerd-éh₁-ye-ti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswerd-dirty, dark, black

Words derived from “swerdēō”

  • sordid
  • sordidness
  • sordidly
  • sordes
  • unsordid
  • sordidity
  • unsordidly
  • unsordidness
  • sordeo
  • sordidatus
  • sordes
  • sordidus
  • sordens
  • sordescens
  • sordesco
  • sordulentus
  • sordu
  • sórdido
  • sordido
  • sordidamente
  • sordidezza
  • sordide
  • sordidement
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