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Where does “wenostos” come from?

wenostos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁ostos, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wenostos (Proto-Italic): beautiful

Definitions

  1. beautiful

Ancestry of “wenostos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁ostos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wenostos”

  • venust
  • devenustate
  • devenustare
  • invenustus
  • venustans
  • venusto
  • venustatus
  • venustaturus
  • venustandus
  • venustus
  • devenustatus
  • venusto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →