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Where does “cafeniu” come from?

cafeniu (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iu, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

cafeniu (Romanian): coffee-colored; coffee

Definitions

  1. coffee-colored; coffee

Ancestry of “cafeniu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-iuForms adjectives denoting characteristics or...
2Latin-īvus—
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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