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Where does “smulge” come from?

smulge (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin exmulgere, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

smulge (Romanian): to wrest, wrench, snatch, pluck; to rip , tear...

Definitions

  1. to wrest, wrench, snatch, pluck; to rip , tear...

Ancestry of “smulge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexmulgere—
2Latinēx-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
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