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Where does “geamăn” come from?

geamăn (Romanian) comes from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.

geamăn (Romanian): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “geamăn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGeminus—
2Latingeminustwin; double, paired; a twin
3Proto-Italicjemanos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanyemH-twin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yemH- →