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Where does “foira” come from?

foira (Romansch) comes from Latin foria, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrey- — to tow, to drive.

foira (Romansch): diarrhea

Definitions

  1. diarrhea

Ancestry of “foira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforiadiarrhea
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrey-to tow, to drive
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