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Where does “calentura” come from?

calentura (Spanish) comes from Spanish calentar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

calentura (Spanish): fever, calenture; horniness; cold sore

Definitions

  1. fever, calenture; horniness; cold sore

Ancestry of “calentura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcalentarto heat, to warm up; to turn on; to warm up
2Spanish-arIn adjectives, indicating membership or status;...
3Old Spanish-ar—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “calentura”

  • calenture
  • calentured
  • kalentura
  • calenture
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →