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Where does “dubiu” come from?

dubiu (Romanian) comes from Latin dubium, from Latin dubius, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

dubiu (Romanian): doubt, uncertainty

Definitions

  1. doubt, uncertainty

Ancestry of “dubiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindubiumdoubt; A doctrinal question that is asked to...
2LatindubiusMoving in two directions alternately, vibrating...
3Latin*dubos—
4Indo-European*bʰuH-—
Every word from Indo-European *bʰuH- →