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Where does “ariete” come from?

ariete (Spanish) comes from Latin ariēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁r-i-(e)t- — certain domestic animal; a certain domestic...

ariete (Spanish): battering ram; striker

Definitions

  1. battering ram; striker

Ancestry of “ariete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinariēs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁r-i-(e)t-certain domestic animal; a certain domestic...
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