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Where does “Энеида” come from?

Энеида (Russian) comes from Latin Aeneis, from Latin Aenēas, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “Энеида”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAeneis—
2LatinAenēas—
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →